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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
Views: 2155
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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: 1688
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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: 1463
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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 Fuze table
Fuze representatives 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
Views: 1339
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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: 1415
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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
Views: 1321
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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: 1455
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