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Metro Detroit's art and technology workshop, i3 Detroit, is in the running to win a laser cutter, but they need YOUR help! The laser cutter is an awesome machine that can cut intricate and precise designs out of wood and plastic. If they win, it will be available for the public to use at their space in Ferndale. They are neck and neck for first ( Read more... )

I've signed up to give a talk for Ignite Detroit, but I need your help! The internets (ie. you) are choosing the topics, so if you have a minute, please vote for my topic! You get 6 votes and can use up to 3 on any single talk ( Read more... )

Any MIT types going to Mystery Hunt this year?

From an interview with Ira Glass:There are definitely certain things ... that we would never do today because they just seem like a cliché today.... It's such a trope of our own show, and of thousands of memoirs that have been written. Especially you get this kind of memoir where it's a really smart person who had a really rough childhood of one ( Read more... )

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I'm fishing for accuracy and specificity, not compliments. Responses welcome here or to philentropist@gmail.com

in one 24 hour period:

• I went to Staples to test out chairs, not planning to buy one, but found a great chair for 50% off. I am now exceptionally comfortable.
• I bought two 1 liter soda siphons for a reasonable price, only to discover that they were actually 2 liter siphons.
• I got an email from someone setting up a hacker space in Detroit.
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I'm going to have some framed prints of my tad drawings made, and I need to pick the best 18 for the first set. If you enjoyed any of the drawings, please let me know which ones you like the best. You can see them all here. This is mostly for my own amusement, but if you're interested in buying a print, it could be arranged. Thanks in advance ( Read more... )

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