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P1040709 Jo Twist with a cat puppet
Jo Twist from BBC, London, with a cat puppet at Dorkbot at SXSWi. Just a few seconds ago the cat in her hands playfully and rather intelligently interacted with Bleep Labs noisy objects. It was aliiiiive!
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040711 Natalie Villalobos and unidentified guy
Natalie Villalobos (@nataliaenvy) and unidentified guy at Dorkbot at SXSWi
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040719 Technology as a virus
The whole point of this sculpture, as I found out when I talked with its creator (the guy standing to the right of the sculpture), was to illustrate a thesis that "technology is a virus".
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040727 An iPhone duet
Two people play their iPhones as flutes at Dorkbot. Click on the image for a link to a video.
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040718 A boy with Robot Group stickers
A boy plastered all over with Robot Group stickers, seen at Dorkbot.
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040846 Phillip Hofmeyr (@Hofmeyr)
Phillip Hofmeyr (@Hofmeyr), who apparently has something to do with Snagsta (a site whose purpose escaped my understanding) -- peering across the chain link fence at Nuclear Tacos.
Date: 03/16/2009
Views: 200
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P1040847 Krissie Davis
Krissie Davis at the Nuclear Tacos that took place during SXSWi in Brush Square in Austin, Texas
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040849 Girl in a purple houndstooth dress
Unidentified, but stylishly dressed people at the Nuclear Tacos (Brush Square, Austin, Texas)
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040862 Nuclear Taco cooks
cook up a capsaicin concoction, otherwise known as taco filling, at Nuclear Tacos that took place during SXSWi in Brush Square in Austin, Texas. In my experience, there was no difference between 2 out of 5 "hot", and 4 out of 5 "nuclear
Date: 03/16/2009
Views: 186
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P1040868 Taco rating / warning signs
A "nuclear" taco filling (4 out of 5) on heat scale, and veggie filling which is merely "hot" (2 out of 5). I could not tell a difference between the two. It's the same burn-your-brain-out heat.
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040870 The girls at the Fuze table
Fuze girls were passing out samples of tasty, fruite Fuze drinks to soothe the mouths aflame with capsaicin. At another table to the right (not shown), a guy made mixed drinks out of various combinations of Fuze, sodas, and vodka.
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040844 A line for Nuclear Tacos
People are lining up at the entrance to Brush Square to suffer the pain. :-)
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040874 A nuclear taco eating contest
The middle guy won.
Date: 03/16/2009
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P1040687 Tattoos at BarCamp
When I got to BarCamp on Saturday afternoon, presentations were slow, but tattoo artists were doing a brisk business in the corner of the room. Within 20 minutes they tattooed 3 people right before my eyes. BarCamp Austin 4 took place during SXSWi on Marc
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040689 Tattoos at BarCamp
A tattoo artist applies a stencil to a guy's forearm. Tattoo artists had set up a shop in the corner of the former Paradox night club, where BarCamp 4 took place. Click on the image to read more about BarCamp.
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040691 Sara Dornsife at BarCamp
All those vodka bottles lined up at the bar were later opened and used to make free Redbull / vodka drinks. Food was also free. There were Wahoo's burritos for lunch, and -- ahem -- dillodogs for dinner. Click on the image to read more about BarCamp.
Date: 03/14/2009
Views: 197
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P1040693 BarCamp chairs and tables
BarCamp was set up comfily with plenty of folding chairs and tables to put laptops on. I had no trouble finding an extension cord to plug my laptop into -- but maybe only because it was half empty at the moment? Click on the image to read more about BarCa
Date: 03/14/2009
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P1040694 BarCamp projector screen
was down at the lower level. Click on the image to read more about BarCamp.
Date: 03/14/2009
Views: 192
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