The 6th year of FOCOMX:
Jimi Harrison at Everyday Joe’s
Jerusalem Road at La Luz
Wow, hard to believe it’s the sixth FOCOMX. Have we been here that long? One thing for sure, I still can’t take very good pictures of performers in town.
Archive for April, 2014
Local Music #6
Friday, April 25th, 2014Marathon Samba
Monday, April 14th, 2014Yet another Bloco em Foco morning event
Wake up! Let’s go! Come on you guys!
Proof that a samba band can actually get up and play for runners in the Colorado Marathon event. Note the weirdo on the left playing agogo and drum!
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Creation of Space
Thursday, April 10th, 2014After just 3 weeks in the new place, the Loveland Creator Space has a new space:
And there is lots of space in this place!
No, we’re not ready to move in just yet. There are some things to be done but this it a really good start on a collaborative effort to have a real hacker space.
Not sure what happened to the floor here
And I’m sure those body-bags will be removed soon before they start to smell up the place. The basement is haunted but it will make a wonderful storage area.
They have a kiln?
Is that ours? I don’t know but apparently some art projects were done in this venue. There was some print making supplies along the wall as well.
The front door faces Railroad Avenue in Loveland. Not too exciting, but we can fix it up
It’s next to some artist’s workshop so it looks like it is in the right place for hackers to come together and plan for the next Tech Renaissance.
In the alley out back
Nice garage door for moving in large equipment donations. You know, big ass heavy metal lathes, milling machines and band saws… That sort of stuff.
Here’s a panorama of the first section:
I see you, You see me!
Sunday, April 6th, 2014They’re out there, and sometimes I see them before they see me:
On Elizabeth and City Park Road, Fort Collins
I was on the way to Cafe de Bangkok near the CSU campus for lunch when I spotted the green and white Subaru with the camera attached to its top. I just rested near a lamp post and let it pass. Not too long after this happened I checked out Street View to see if I was there. Yes! — I realize it’s not in the TOP TEN MOMENTS CAUGHT ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW, but what the hey?
Note: Cafe de Bangkok serves the best Thai food in town… maybe even in all of Colorado!
Oh yeah? well two can play at this game Googly Boogly Boy!
Here’s one of those Google Street view cars. California plates 6KKS751. Maybe the driver lives at this house where it’s parked? I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!
And another?
OK, this one is California 6KKS295. Well, next time I’ll be prepared when I see one of these cars. Maybe I’ll focus a laser beam at the camera or hold up a funny sign…. or perhaps:
Oak Park, Illinois maybe 1973
No, not this. But it would make the top ten list.
Ranatra fusca
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014At the Colorado Odyssey of the Mind?
One of the local high schools hosted the OOTM
I would usually be judging a 4th grade science fair right about now but somehow I got into judging this event which I never heard of before.
More of a show of creativity, I guess…
But unlike a science fair, there are predefined problems that students have to solve. It’s important that 1) No adult does any of the work; 2) Some kind of skit will gain you extra points; and 3) There is another part to the competition called the ‘Spontaneous competition’ where nothing is ever predefined.
NO Odyssey may pass!
What’s with the AP chemistry teacher at this school? Anyway, the Ranatra fusca is the scientific name for a type of “water scorpion” insect and it happens to also be the name of the grand prize for the OotM competition. OK?