Guy writes, who's been living in a swamp in Okeechobee:

He explains this in the latest issue of Make, how to live in a canoe, eat snakes, and keep your laptop dry. When I'm in the worst caffeine-vampire vales of life, such stories are siren's songs.

Make is of course put out by O'Reilly, whose Foo Camp we just returned from, and where I got the latest copy (I'm now subscribed). As with last year, the most fun to be had at Foo Camp were the conversations, the wall to wall brilliance and the no-tech game of Werewolf, for which you only need some scraps of paper, and a bunch of people to play. Funny how much low-tech stuff is presented and enjoyed at Foo Camp: marshmallow guns, calligraphy, knitting and how to make your own moonshine.

Geeking is not about high tech. It's about taking stuff apart and putting it together and making something new. It's about curiosity and tinkering, whether it be with gardens, vacuum tubes or PHP.

LINK | 12:55 AM | TB

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