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Photos: Meandering Through Maker Faire

Careening through the crowds with a camera.

The scent of oily garlic fries wafted into my nose as I checked into the media table at Maker Faire. Initially the plan was to find all the flame throwers and steam punk contraptions I could and try to fenangle a way to play with them. And then I saw Mike Rowe doing a standup in front of Discovery Channel cameras.

A brunette with spiked hair about an inch long,wearing a jean jacket with the sleeves cut off, abruptly pushed me back as if I were going to run up to him and try to pinch his face. Ā Sure, the man is quite dreamy. Ā But I'm not a screaming Beiber fan.Ā 

With two bars on my camera's battery status indicator, I meandered through the crowds to make my way to the Tech Shop and find fellow nerds who were from Menlo Park. Ā 


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