Author Joyce Oroz: Nerdiest thing on the planet.....by Joyce Oroz

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Nerdiest thing on the planet.....by Joyce Oroz

"Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life."

- Steve Jobs

I hope you made it to this year’s Maker Faire in San Mateo—the nerdiest thing on the planet. Over 600 makers entered their creations, such as a giant cardboard robot army, a human-size mouse trap, strange vehicles, light shows and zillions of other interesting inventions. There were things to do, things to drive, things to eat and things to see.

Ben Hylak earned five blue ribbons with his DIY Telepresence Robot and Tim Laursen was awarded five blue ribbons for his MIDI Controlled Musical Robot.

Avery Laurin took most of the pictures I am sharing with you.

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BenJune 15, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Definitely is the funnest place on earth!
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If you don't live in Aromas, California, you might not know about the Aromas Bridge that has recently been dressed up with 75 colorful fish--all swimming toward town. Each fish is 42 inches long and painted by a volunteer using five vibrant colors of acrylic mural paint. Our volunteer painters were all ages, 10 to 80 years old, with or without painting experience. They carefully designed their fish, and the results are magnificent. Three generations in my family had a good time painting fish. I watched a senior couple paint one fish with their granddaughter.

Now that our river is clean and the steelhead are back--75 colorful fish have joined the fun. This is the ninth mural to be organized and donated by the Aromas Hills Artisans.