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MilwaukeeDevHouse4

Yup, yeah, that’s right… It’s time for another DevHouse.

MilwaukeeDevHouse4 that is!

Back in 2008 we managed to throw 3 DevHouses, but we slacked in 2009, and this is the first of the year, but 4th in total. Math is hard.

Yup, yeah, that’s right… It’s time for another DevHouse.

MilwaukeeDevHouse4

So what is this MilwaukeeDevHouse thing? Well, I made a presentation before the first one, and it’s here, but if you hate pictures…

MilwaukeeDevHouse is relaxed, party-like atmosphere to hang out with friends (or make new ones!) and get things done… You know, that blog you’ve always been meaning to redesign, those photos you’ve been meaning to retouch, that Firefox extension or Drupal module that’s been sitting undone for 6 months. It’s like an all-night co-working session. At a house. Where a party is going on. Yup. Think of it like the late-night part of BarCamp where there aren’t sessions, but anything goes and people stare at computers all night long, hacking on who knows what.

Our good pals at Bucketworks are helping us sponsor this event, so a big thanks goes out to them.

Details? Yeah, we got ’em… over at Web414.

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BarCampMilwaukee4 Time Lapse

Time Lapse Bot came to BarCampMilwaukee4 and took a picture every 15 seconds almost the entire time… here is the result… enjoy!

(This video is also available at blip.tv and is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License.)

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BarCampMilwaukee4… Tomorrow!

BarCamp

BarCampMilwaukee4 is tomorrow. Visit barcampmilwaukee.org. Right, You’ve done that by now, and you registered, and you will be there, and it will be nice.

Also, we’d like to thank our sponsors, who help make this thing happen.

Bucketworks, Web414, Distance Software, Microsoft, Hentzenwerke Publishing, MyMilwaukee.com, Fresh Coast Ventures, Paladin Web Services, Redpoint Technologies, TA Design LLC, Compuware, OnMilwaukee.com, Milestone R/D Labs, Brazen Careerist, 2XL Networks, DJH Solutions, Quintessential Mischief LLC, MC Services, Palantir, Apress, James Carlson, Phil Gerbyshak, C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions, Insomniac Development LLC, Pehr Anderson… and you!

See you at BarCamp!

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HelmetCam 2.0

The finished product…

HelmetCam 2.0

Details to follow… including footage, and build instructions…

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Time Lapse Bot

Behold… Time Lapse Bot!

Time Lapse Bot

No, this is not a wikibot… it’s the Time Lapse Bot, built out of old, recycled material, it is capable of doing time lapse captures using a sophisticated Apple iMac Computer, with an XLR8 InterView USB Video Capture Device connected to an old JVC Video Camera sitting on an old chair base which allows it to easily wheel around (within the length of the power cord.)

I actually spent $0 putting this all together, if you don’t count the fact that I paid about $499 for the video camera 10+ years ago, and $99 for the InterView back in 2005. Pretty much everything else was somehow attained for close to nothing. I could add wifi to this thing if I had a USB hub lying around, which might make it just little bit more neat-o, but hey, It’s a work in progress…

I’ve been testing it a bit this weekend, but the real test will come at BarCampMilwaukee4.