Wayne's Brain Dump

Stuff I find. Stuff I think. Stuff I make.

Nov 1

Pics from Team Media at Canzine #mcry

Today, Team Media from the MakerCulture Project dropped in on the Canzine zinefest at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. More pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmacphail/sets/72157622588932649/

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Oct 30

Team Edupunk's Test of Livestream for Panel Discussion #mcry


In prep for their Nov 16 EduPunk panel discussion the EduPunk Team of the MakerCulture project tested the technology by bringing together project members to discuss their progress and topics. Thanks to David Mills for tech support at Western.

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Oct 26

What's the Last Thing You Made By Hand? - Zombies, Bikinis and Bagpipes! #mcry

Pia and Kevin of Team Overview hit Yonge Street in Toronto to ask the question: “What the last thing you made by hand?” Toronto responds, live.

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Oct 25

Making a Brain That Makes Its Universe - It Turns Out the Brain is a Maker #mcry

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Oct 24

Mark Surman on MakerCulture, DIY, Mozilla and the Web - vid from Fresh Media #mcry

Mozilla Foundation Executive Director, Mark Surman spoke via webcam to the Fresh Media conferencehttp://freshmedia.me on October 24, 2009. In this clip from the interview he discusses his DIY media roots, his activism and how he moved both online.

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Oct 23

Final MakerCulture Poster - Please Print Out, Post and Share - #mcry

Here’s the final poster to promote our MakerCulture series. I’ve attached a hi-rez .pdf version .Please download it, print it out and post it where folks will find it of interest. Really want to start building early buzz for what is shaping up to be an amazing project thanks to all the students at Western and Ryerson.

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Oct 22

Playing with a MakerCulture Poster #mcry

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MakerCulture and the Hennaed Hand #mcry

Julianne, Hazlewood/wmacphail Western student Julianne Hazlewood has MakerCulture in the palm of her hand, thanks to the henna handiwork of Savithri Sastri. 

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Last Thing You Made By Hand? Reel Director Test Video

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09-10-22 10_14 AM.MOV (13932 KB)

I shot and edited this video all on my iPhone using Reel Director, which is just like having iMovie on your phone. Amazing application for journalists.

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Oct 19

Final Podcast Sting Intro for MakerCulture Project #mcy

  
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Podcast Sting.aif (10440 KB)

We’ll being using this to introduce each podcast in the MakerCulture
Podcast series which will be a part of the rabble podcast network.
Thanks to Pia and Kevin for the great voice work.

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Oct 18

Intro Musical Theme for MakerCulture Podcast Series

Makerculture Intro by Wayne Macphail  
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MakerCulture Intro.mp3 (1255 KB)

Wayne here. Playing with the intro music and bills bed for the
MakerCulture podcast series we’ll be putting together. Hope you like
it.

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Oct 17

Vancouver Olympic Medals, just like Makers, Recycle Circuit Boards


According to a story on engadget.com the 1/2 kilo Olympic medals for Vancouver are made in part of recycled metal from circuit boards. Nobody’s going to be hacking these badges, but if they could we suggest they say, “The IOC’s views on copyright need hacking too.”

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Oct 13

Lego + Robot + Livescribe Pen + Paper Piano = Mary Had A Little Lamb #mcry

You have to love this. The LiveScribe Pen can play a piano it draws
itself on paper. A Lego Mindstorms robot can be programmed to move
through a series of mechanical steps. Combine them and you get sweet,
sweet music, maker style.

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Oct 8

Maker Culture and the Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia #mcry

The democratic election of Evo Morales and the MAS Party in Bolivia in
2005 is a wonderful example of maker culture in politics. The poorest
people in the country are now using consensual decision making to take
their government, and their countries resources back into their own
hands. We’ll be looking at this example of maker culture in politics
in an episode of the MakerCulture Project. This video from mxq on You
Tube gives a great overview of the situation there now.

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