Saturday - T minus 1 and counting. Special thanks to my good friends Tim Tumbleson, Matt Keveney, Paul Howett, and Stefan Schulz who gave up a whole day for cutting, sanding, stacking, and hauling.
Sunday - T minus 0 and counting. A day of last minute details and some fooling around. Now with improved video links.
Monday - Day 1. The building begins. We do chairs, chairs, and crazy contraptions.
Tuesday - Day 2. We said bridges and towers, and we meant it (looks like we’re having a little trouble with our new video solution, we’ll get the links working on this entry as soon as we can). Now co-captioned by Joss!
Wednesday - Day 3. Carts and tripod racers. There has been a request for some documentation of the dinner process, unfortunately we had a mish-mosh of left-overs tonight and it was deemed unphotogenic by all at hand. Tomorrow’s menu is salmon tacos, so standby for some photo highlights of that. Tomorrow is also the first day of our epic rollercoaster project. Given that we barely finished the carts before dusk today, there is some shared concern among the staff that we may not complete the coaster before Saturday…
Thursday - Day 4. Rollercoasters and mutiny. And, for those of you who wondered what we are eating, some delectable shots of our dinner. Hmm, two of the movie links are not working. I’ll try to get them up and running tomorrow.
Friday - Day 5. Maybe we could call this session “From Chairs to Rollercoasters in Five Days.” Actually, the rollercoaster isn’t quite done, but we’re close enough to taste it. We expect to put the finishing touches on in the morning tomorrow (but given the late hour, I have a feeling the instructor will be letting the Tinkerers take the lead).
Saturday - Yes, it’s rollercoaster day! This day will live forever in our hearts and minds, for we built the greatest rollercoaster in the history of the civilized world, and we built it with our own hands. The Tinkering School Class of 2005 will be known throughout the galaxy as the greatest builders of rollercoasters. At least, that’s how we see it. Alas, the video is trapped on the Mac and I still can’t get it sized and formatted correctly for web viewing - but I will.
10 Comments so far
Leave a comment
Yeh me too.
Like you dont have enough stuff to doo allready
jirotusan
I just wanted to say how appreciative I am of all the great photos and witty captions posted from each days’ activities. It thrilling to see all the amazing happenings of the camp. Grandparents are enjoying the blog as well!
Heidi…mom of Harlo and King Ozzie
Comment by heidi 07.14.05 @ 5:46 amOzzie and Harlo’s grandmothers in Ohio are enjoying the daily comments and photos. It’s so much fun watching the stacks of blocks turn into functional works of art.
You and the kids have my admiration!
What a fabulous week! Great photos and tantalizing bits of footage! We got up every morning and watched the previous day unfold. Better than the Tour de France (tho’ we’ve been watching that too..)
Thank you for a GREAT example of “doing”.. (an archaic word, little in use anymore.. most folk dream.. but you, all of you DID and DO). p.s. Both boys want to be signed up for next year, “every session” !!
Tinkering School is big big BIG here in Venice ITALY!!! Everyone is talking about it. Unfortunately they are talking in Italian so we cannot understand them. But they are all smiling.
- Geetha and Matt in Venice
p.s. Hi Nikhil we are looking at your pictures! Keep on tinkering!
Comment by mattandgeethainvenice 07.16.05 @ 11:17 amWow. I can’t wait to send Mori to tinkering school - he’ll love it! - Mori’s mom
Comment by jennifer 07.21.05 @ 6:29 am[…] Faire too, so stop by and try your hand at the Tinker Challange.” - Link. | Digg this article! | Add to del.icio.us| […]
Pingback by Studio Banana » Blog Archive » Tinkering School 04.12.06 @ 10:48 amHi,
I am trying to contact Robin who was at the Maker Fair. I am interested in purchasing one or two T Shirts please. My husband is an engineer and his nickname is Tinker, so I would like to do something where I would put the t shirt into a quilt. Please let me know asap.
Thank You,
Sandy Jorgenson
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
The videos don’t seem to work for me
Also the Sunday pictures say they were on Saturday. We might start to get confused!
Comment by j 07.11.05 @ 10:11 am