{"id":2505,"date":"2009-05-31T20:37:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T03:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2009-05-31T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T03:43:10","slug":"maker-faire-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/31\/maker-faire-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Faire 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the third year in a row, my daughter and I attended the Maker Faire in San Mateo this weekend. While we both managed to have a good time, the crowd is now overwhelming, or perhaps the venue is simply way too small. The crowd was so thick at times, I had difficulty getting the two of us through from point A to point B.
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\nAs an example, we were 15 minutes early for the lifesize mousetrap<\/a> and couldn’t get close enough to sneak a peek – highly disappointing to the munchkin who wanted to see the safe drop on the mouse’s head. We also couldn’t see the mock naval battles<\/a>, the powertool drag races<\/a>, or robot fighting<\/a> on account of the crowd of large, relatively rude, people.
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\nHowever, fun was had with Cyclecide’s<\/a> bike merry-go-round, Emiko-O’s<\/a> make your own jewelry, some great alternative instruments made out of old pianos, the Lego jeep<\/a>, and my daughter loved the mobile muffins<\/a>. So, we’ll try again next year, but here’s to hoping they get a better, bigger venue where the crowd can be handled a bit more efficiently.
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