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During Bay Area Maker Faire this year, Sylvia and I happened to meet one of the founders of MakerBot Industries, Bre Pettis! (A more thoroughly awesome dude you would be hard-pressed to meet).

Long time no blog! Glad to be back and finally have the time to catch up with everything.

A quick recap: May 21st brought us to the 10th annual Maker Faire (The 6th in San Mateo), with Sylvia and I running two demos at the Make: Live stage.

Me and my Dad finally finished episode 2 of my Super-Awesome Maker show, and here it is. Have fun! Tell your friends! Submit an idea!. And most of all, let us know what you think of the show in comments, here or on youtube. Thanks again for watching!

Nearly a full 9 years ago, my darling sprout Sylvia embarked on a journey to find herself. 8 years and 7 months later, she's still looking, but just between you and me, I think she's got a good start. If not, at least I think she's pointed in the right direction.

Dear Emily Duffy,

Thank you so much for being at maker faire! I had a very cool time there, and you were a big part of it. I love making art, but I had no idea you could do so much to a car!! I've never seen an art car like that before.. or very many art cars ever.

Dear Bre Pettis,

Thank you for coming to maker faire, I was so glad to meet you! I used to watch your weekend project videos from make, and from there I saw the other really cool stuff you did! I had no idea the maker bot stuff was so cool!! Thanks for giving me the little Star wars trooper guy helmet...

Maybe someday I'll get to make my own Makerbot, and then I can make dolls, and rockets and gears and other fun platicky stuff! Until then I'll just have to put my brother's toys in my easy bake oven ;)

Dear John Park,

It was awesome to actually meet you in person! I've seen a bunch of your videos for make TV. It's so cool the stuff you get to make! I haven't had a chance to make any of the things you've shown, but I can't wait until I can! I like the t-shirt cannon best so far. I also really really liked the little train typer thing you did. I wish i had one in my house, then i could send messages to my sister using a little train track.

Dear Natalie,

Thank you for meeting me and my Mom. We had a great time making those paper bead necklaces at the Maker Faire with you. You are so nice! i really wanted to get a subscription to the magazine, but I heard it wasn't going to be made anymore, except for online. this made me and my mom kinda sad, but at least we know we can still do fun craft stuff there.

Dear Kipkay (Kip),

Thanks for putting up with my annoying dad while you were working, and thank you for letting me get a picture with you, and for signing my autograph book.

Dear Eepy Bird guys (Steven & Fritz),

Thank you for coming to Maker Faire! And thank you for the awesome show. I wasn't able to get very close, but my dad held me on his shoulders so I could see. I think if I was any closer, I would have gotten wet from the soda, so I guess it's for the best.