Via an old friend, the tip to browse to makeymakey.com, it turns any object into a key. And as you know, everything that combines the real world with the virtual world, can get my attention.

See this video:

And yes, it is an old kickstarter project.

For a real good overview of what the project can do, be sure to checkout djtechtools.com as well, only 40 dollars.

The kit that ships from Colorado-based SparkFun Electronics contains a MaKey MaKey circuit board, alligator clips and a mini-USB cable. Any object that is capable of conducting a minute amount of electricity can be used with the kit to send signals to the computer. One of the popular examples shows six bananas being connected up and used to play an online piano app.


The standard kit allows for up to six objects to be connected to the MaKey MaKey board. By default, inputs are limited to the four cursor keys along with space and the left mouse click. The board allows for extra objects to be connected to the back of the board (requiring additional connectors) and for those Arduino hackers out there, the entire unit can be configured to control whichever keyboard inputs are needed. It is also possible to run multiple MaKey MaKey boards on a single computer – all you need are spare USB ports.

More good videos on the product can be seen on topupmp3.

As a kid, I always wanted to have a racetrack. With loopings. As a dad, I stil do. But since I know that this toy will be hot for a day or two, and will be in the box the rest of the year, I am not too keen on buying it. For me.. Or the kids.

Then I saw this awesome product. One is no longer bound on the tracks the maker of the toy designed, but you can let the cars go from the stairs, make loopings and have a great design; yuor design

Here is a video showing of some of the posibilities of the Bluetrack product:

It is not a cheap product, 35 pound for 5 meters at amazon, for that much money you can buy 10 meters motorized as well. But that will end up in a box for the rest of the year.

Aart searches brecht :-)

Created with cinemagr.am

Third attemp with cinemagram tool and not staged, rather well I think.

Leuke iphone app, morfo booth.

During the DrupalGovDays conference I got from Roel de Meester from my employer's partner Krimson some iron-on Druplicon patches. And with my kids loving Druplicon as well and lots of Druplicon goodies in the house, Aart wanted the iron-on patches on his old trouwsers. In fact, there was only one knee to be patched but why stop there?

This young boy with Drupal patches got me wondering, what is the youngest and the oldest person in the Drupal community with patches to modules, maintaining a module him or herself and maybe even a core patch?

Drupal, for all ages? Sure. But the general bias is that a Drupal developer is white mail in his 30ies. Not true? Let us debunk one of those and go for the youngest and olderst active person active in the Drupal community. If you are under 20, post the date / link towards your fist patch, first module and /or first core patch. and if you are above 50, do the same in this thread.

Post your data at http://drupal.org/node/1123940 and proof that Drupal is for all ages.