Join O'Reily at Maker Faire Austin, October 18 and 19 Travis County Event Center and Fairground Saturday, October 18: 10am-10pm and Sunday, October 19: 10am-6pm http://www.makerfaire.com/
Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things. Started in California in 2006, Maker Faire branched out to Austin, TX last fall and attracted over 20,000 attendees. Maker Faire Austin 2008 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers http://makerfaire.com/austin/2008/faq/ Recent announcements of just a few of the activities, events, and music going on: - Fighting Robots Invade Austin! Maker Faire 2008 and RoboGames Bring Battling Bots to Austin for the First Ever Texas Cup! http://www.makerfaire.com/austin/2008/robogames/info/ - Fling Flang Flung: King of Fling Contest! Get Your Catapults Ready The Competition Is On! Limited to the first 20 entries http://makerfaire.com/press/austin/2008/kingoffling/ - The Music Of Maker Faire Over 20 Bands And Musical Acts Scheduled To Perform At The Second Annual Austin Maker Faire http://makerfaire.com/press/austin/2008/music/ Tickets Available now at Discounted Pricing until 10/3/2008 http://www.makerfairetickets.com/ Online tickets - discount pricing available through 10/3/2008. Online ticket purchases from 10/4/2008 - 10/16/2008 will be full price and tickets will be picked up onsite at will call Local tickets - discount pricing available through close of business day on 10/17/2008 at: Austin Children's Museum - 201 Colorado Street, Austin 512.472.2499 Open: Tuesday - Saturday: 10am-5pm Community Night Wednesdays: 5-8pm Sunday: Noon-5pm Whole Foods - 525 N. Lamar, Austin, 512.476.1206 Open: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week Onsite Ticket Pricing Adult - $25.00 Student (13-21, or with student photo ID) - $15.00 Youth (4-12) - $10.00 Children 3 and under are free Volunteering information http://makerfaire.com/austin/2008/volunteer/ Camping information: http://makerfaire.com/austin/2008/camping/ ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OReillyMedia You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with O'Reilly Media. If you would like to stop receiving these newsletters or announcements from O'Reilly, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================ -- "I can only conclude that I'm paying off karma at a vastly accelerated rate." -- Ivanova, "Points of Departure" _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
