Important Update Sent to Exhibitors

Check your inboxes please, exhibitors.

Not an exhibitor?  Didn't get that e-mail?  :-(  Fix it! Share your lore at the Maker Faire:NC!

Bike to Maker Faire:NC - Organizer Needed

As the number of exhibitors and the excitement increases about Maker Faire:NC I'm starting to get a little concerned about parking.  We organizers have suggested carpooling and other alternatives already but we'd like to strongly encourage biking in.

Google added Bicycling route calculation to their popular Google Maps service today.  I think that it would be a great idea for some motivated person to organize a bike-in for Maker Faire:NC.  The Faire takes place on a Sunday that I have decided will be 70 degrees and partly cloudy... perfect day for a ride!

If you think you've got the chops to organize such a thing, shoot me a line via our Contact form.  We'll need someone to map out the route(s), bike storage and security at the Faire, and schedule meeting times for group rides.

You are Awesome every day

Today is The International Day of Awesomeness.  I haven't organized any Feats of Awesomeness but I wanted to share with you just how awesome the attendees and exhibitors of Maker Faire:NC.

First of all, go and look at the exciting List of Exhibitors that we have already lined up! There are half a dozen more that I haven't even had time to get on the list including a beekeeping educator, The Scrap Exchange, and someone that will transform your home energy use with solar power!

Here are a few of the entries pulled from our mailing list database under the "What do you Make?" entry:

What do you Make?

Robots!
software
Cakes, Beer
Historic Crafts
LEGO DIY
Remote Control Warship Cannons
Chaos Machine
quilts
Halloween and Christmas props
Knitted goods, handspun yarns, quilts
quilts and linens
Guitar pedals, electronics, web-enabled fish tanks
Bodhrans (celtic drums)
stuff for my house
All sorts of things
lots of different things
Computer Games; Trouble
signs+
musical instruments
tube amps
LED things, electronics, robots, cool ideas
damn near everything.
jewelry, paper crafts
Handbuilt pottery; music
robots
things... :-)
freaking gorgeous yarn
software, web sites, podcasts
fibery stuff
Stuff for the yard, small art pieces
Woodturnings
handweaving looms
Widgets
Recycled music
CNC machines
Miniature Models, Electrronics, Art, Woodwork
Pleasure!
merry
misc
trouble, mostly...
Entropy

See?  You're AWESOME!

PechaKucha Night Raleigh 03/23/2010

Think you can't, you can! Today is last day to submit your idea for PechaKucha Night Raleigh 03/23.

The Pecha Kucha chapter in Raleigh (Including Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding areas) is meant to increase the awareness of everything interesting our community has to offer. A lot of passion and knowledge exists in triangle in a variety of diverse topics. We would like to showcase that passion with imaginative storytelling in the 20 x 20 Pecha Kucha format.

Follow them on Twitter: pknraleigh

Maker / Exhibitor Information Sent Out on 3/7

If you submitted a Maker application prior to 3/7 then you should have a message in your inbox from us.  If you didn't receive it then it must have gotten caught up in a spam filter.  Make sure you've added makerfairenc@gmail.com to your approved list and check your spam folder.

If you submitted after 3/7 or if you still want to submit your application, never fear!  We will be sending out more information as the event approaches.  There's still time to get your exciting, flammable, engaging, stupendous, outrageous, and/or scientific project submitted.