Pesco and the "Eccentric Genius," Xeni gets zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
More gems from Bay Area Maker Faire 2008: Boing Boing co-editor David Pescovitz speaks with Kaden Harris, author of Eccentric Cubicle, and the brains behind Eccentricgenius.ca -- eccentric antiques from a parallel universe. He shows us his Silicon Projectile Centrifuge (a lovely lethal weapon that shoots marbles at high velocity), a combination lamp/bong, and other exotica from the halls of beautiful Eccentric Manors.
Then, Xeni is zapped by Jack Sparx, who uses his body as an electrical transformer, zapping all who come near with low-level shocks in the name of science. As Xeni demonstrates, the jolts from his mini-Tesla Coils are not *that* low-level, either.
Bonus: ironic t-shirt catwalk; Xeni and the BBtv crew stopped Maker Faire attendees in their tracks, and asked them to explain their hipster t-shirts.
Previous Boing Boing tv episodes from Maker Faire:
(special thanks to Scott Beale, Eddie Codel, and Waneco Leisure Industries)
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One of those Eccentric items in still frame reminded me of the bongs my friends and I would make out of pilfered chemistry equipment in college, albeit not nearly so classy as those by Mr. Harris. When I can count myself among the idle rich I will have to build or otherwise obtain a device in his idiom out of which I can smoke my "exotic Oriental tobaccos wink nudge wink."
I can't get enough of Maker Faire.
Whoa, in that video screengrab, Kaden looks like Don Knuth's brother!