Madagascar Institute » Events http://madagascarinstitute.com Fear is Never Boring Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:21:53 +0000 en hourly 1 Quote for the day http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/09/04/quote-for-the-day/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/09/04/quote-for-the-day/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:31:23 +0000 lnzy http://madagascarinstitute.com/?p=703 “You are not going to win with brakes”

]]> http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/09/04/quote-for-the-day/feed/ 0 Madagascar Institute finally does something for the children http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/28/madagascar-institute-finally-does-something-for-the-children/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/28/madagascar-institute-finally-does-something-for-the-children/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 18:42:25 +0000 hans http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/28/madagascar-institute-finally-does-something-for-the-children/ At Maker Faire San Mateo, ran The Wheel aka the carousel for lots and lots of people, including packs of children. Most of them couldn’t even reach the pedals, though many tried. We had about 5 or 6 people fall off the ride, none of them children. I guess that jungle gym training is good for something.

]]> http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/28/madagascar-institute-finally-does-something-for-the-children/feed/ 0 carousel time elapse http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/carousel-time-elapse/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/carousel-time-elapse/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 22:33:08 +0000 hans http://madagascarinstitute.com/?p=638 Gaylen set up a time elapse camera above the carousel at Moscone West, so you can see the whole spiel, from setup to party to teardown:

]]> http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/carousel-time-elapse/feed/ 1 The Carousel at GadgetFest/Google I/O http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/the-carousel-at-gadgetfestgoogle-io/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/the-carousel-at-gadgetfestgoogle-io/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 08:25:57 +0000 hans http://madagascarinstitute.com/?p=635 No one got hurt, though we had about 6 people fall off. The stagehands were super helpful so we got out in record time. Next, Maker Faire!

]]> http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/05/20/the-carousel-at-gadgetfestgoogle-io/feed/ 1 back when we built things with jets http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/04/19/back-when-we-built-things-with-jets/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/04/19/back-when-we-built-things-with-jets/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:20:23 +0000 hans http://madagascarinstitute.com/?p=585 Before we discovered the wheel, we built things with jets. Here’s a little reminder of those dark ages:

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This term (as far as i know) was coined by touch.
gear

Obtainium: free crap (off street, donated) we magically turn into “art”.
NotAmerica: anywhere but here
Veronica

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]]> http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/02/11/on-vbs-tvs-motherboard/feed/ 0 Madagascar Inst. on FaceBook http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/02/06/madagascar-inst-on-facebook/ http://madagascarinstitute.com/2010/02/06/madagascar-inst-on-facebook/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:03:29 +0000 cautionMike http://madagascarinstitute.com/?p=352 I set up a Facebook ‘group’ for Mada a month ago. There are 322 members. Note – this is a public group.

It’s a great way to disseminate information.

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