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As a founding member of Low Key Peep Flambe Camp, it is my solemn responsibility to bring in the peeps (someone else handles bringing in the funk). While procuring our comestibles, I came across a most curious product. It is what appears to be a mammoth 2 lb box of Pop Rocks!

How could I pass up such an irresponsibly sold product?

I have ecstatic visions of consuming vast quantities of pop rocks, reminiscent of that Newcomer drug-lord in Alien Nation who drank so much of the drug that he devolved into a totally awesome monster!

To the right I present to you my official provisions for the 2007 Burning Man instantiation of Low Key Peep Flambe Camp.

What are you going to bring? I’m bringing a fleet of semi-autonomous spherical robots keyed off GPS, on-board sensors and a Kalman filter; using sound, light and motion they mimic.. and even create their own flocking behaviors.

There are no spectators at Burning Man.

This is a part of the Ocean Beach Fire Pit Project

Hi there all my nearest and dearesteses… For the past two and a half months many of you have not heard from me or seen me much. During this time Rebecca, the Fire Bloom crew and I have been bustin’ our butts to get Bloom #2 ready and onto the beach. We accomplished this with many, many hours of cutting, welding, patterning and grinding!
Now it’s time to play!
This Sunday, July 22nd 2007 (my little sister Amna’s birthday) around sunset, we will be celebrating not only Fire Bloom 2, but also Charlie’s beautiful Starfish! The location is Ocean Beach, between Lincoln and Fulton, across the street from the Beach Chalet. Please join us in the festivities. Bring something to drink or eat, wood to burn and your friends. It will be a lovely time burning, watching the sun set and making merry after a grueling two months of hard work! It has definitely paid off.
Thank you to everyone who supported us and helped make this happen. We look forward to seeing you out there!!
Yasi xoxoxooxo

Though I’m not camping with Illumination Village at Burning Man this year, I am good friends with many people in the camp. Reading this internal announcement, I thought “Wow, that’s pretty cool.”

Continue reading ‘Ill Vill’ »

We just finished running the Serpent at the Fire Arts Festival. It was a blast!

Karen’s pix

A terrific (47mb) video by Olivier Bonin of the Serpent at the Crucible’s 2007 Fire Arts Festival The thing to watch!!

SF Chronicle coverage here and here (article title: “Hot-and-heavy sculpture gets artists warmed up Enormous flame-breathing creations at Fire Arts Festival are prelude to Burning Man. Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer. Friday, July 13, 2007”)

Here is the schedule of who worked the performance… There’s a lot of Girls, aren’t there?

WED: Jess THURS: Rebecca FRI: Jess SAT: Cherl

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GPS Orb Tracks On The Playa
I would love to have gone to the playa to do the orb test!

It’s always fun when you’re getting into a new sport. This time, it’s TIG welding. Darn it if I don’t know what every item on this shopping list is :-)

Prt Num	Prt Name	Price	Quantity	Extended
45V26	Gas Lens Collet Bdy 3/32, 2.4mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$4.67	1	$4.67
54N01	Insulator (WP-17, 17V, 18, 18V, 26, 26V Gas Lens)	$2.13	1	$2.13
10N24	Collet 3/32, 2.4mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$1.38	1	$1.38
CHEM-SHARP	5 oz. Chemical Tungsten Sharpener Only	$8.89	1	$8.89
362-1423	1.5% Lanthanated Gr 3/32 x 7 10Pcs	$17.66	1	$17.66
10N47	Alumina Nozzle (1-27/32 WP-17, 18, 26) #7, 7/16, 11mm	$1.02	4	$4.08
30214	Stainless Toothbrush Scratch w/Plastic Handle	$2.00	1	$2.00
54N15	Alumina Gas Lens (1-5/8 WP-17, 18, 26) #7, 7/16, 11mm	$1.03	6	$6.18
24CM	24C Sz Md Tillman Glove	$9.45	1	$9.45
3M2091	FILTERS: P100 (2 Per Pk)	$5.05	1	$5.05
362-1295	Pure Gr 1/16 x 7 10Pcs	$8.41	1	$8.41
362-1305	Zirconated Gr 1/16 x 7 10Pcs	$16.00	1	$16.00
362-1145	2% Thoriated Gr 040 x 7 10Pcs	$10.15	1	$10.15
10N23	Collet 1/16, 1.6mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$1.28	1	$1.28
10N31	Collet Body 1/16, 1.6mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$2.17	1	$2.17
10N22	Collet 040, 1.05mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$1.38	1	$1.38
10N30	Collet Body 040, 1.05mm (WP-17, 18, 26)	$2.17	1	$2.17
56-116-36	ER5356 Alum 1/16 x 36 1Lb	$4.55	1	$4.55
56-18-36	ER5356 Alum 1/8 x 36 1Lb	$3.97	1	$3.97
S2-045-36	EWS ER70S2 .045 x 36	$2.95	1	$2.95
S2-18-36	EWS ER70S2 1/8 x 36	$2.65	1	$2.65
308LHS116	ER308LHS 1/16 x 36	$6.95	1	$6.95
#82-1/16	Nickel 82 1/16	$19.95	1	$19.95
3000713	Model 425-50-510P Propane	$95.55	1	$95.55
TH-1731	Grade T Twin Hose 1/4 In x 25 Ft FB/FB Fittings	$24.50	1	$24.50
73580	4-1/2 7/8 80G ZH Flp Dsc	$12.40	1	$12.40
SubTotal				$276.52
Sales Tax				$0.00
Std Delivery (Shipping FAQs)				$18.17
Total				$294.69

Lanthanated tungsten, stainless steel toothbrushes, gas lens collet bodies. These are a few of my favorite things!

The Serpent Mother just made it on BoingBoing.net. Groovy.

The article links to: Link, Flickr set (Thanks, Stef!)

In the July 2007 (volume 8, Number 6) issue of Business 2.0 there is an interesting article about Burning Man. It’s cool that there is a photo of the Serpent Mother at the top of one of the pages.

Jimmy Kimmel went to Maker Faire. He gave us a nice interview though all that made it to screen were a few short clips. It’s cool to note that our fire acted as endcaps to the bit. His story starts and ends with FLG fire.

I got about 4 frames on TV. At 30 frames/second, that’s 0.166 seconds of fame.

Here is the full 6 minute long video of Jimmy Kimmel at Maker Faire 2007 as an .mp4. First aired Wednesday evening, June 13, 2007. (please don’t sue me for “rebroadcasting” this, go watch Jimmy Kimmel on TV instead)