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Get to know your town a little better – join us for our Scavenger Hunt!  This is the first trial of a community-wide scavenger hunt game brought to you by some members of Makers Local 256.

The Tasks: Find an object from our hints, take a picture of it, and post the picture in a twitter Direct Message to @HSVsh, like so: d HSVsh [some words maybe?] [twitpic URL]

The Objects: Objects in and around Huntsville.  Different every week, for four weeks.

The Hints: Every Friday, a hard one.  Every Monday, an easier one.  Every Wednesday, an even easier one.  Posted at 12 pm noon from the @HSVsh twitter account.

The Points: Until the 2nd clue is posted = 5 points.  Until the 3rd clue is posted = 3 points.  After the 3rd clue until the next object = 1 point.

The Goal: Highest score after 4 rounds (weeks) gets a $50 gift card.  In the case of a tie, a tie breaker round will be held.  First to tweet the right answer, wins.

The Tools: A twitter account and camera or camera phone.  Follow @HSVsh .


The game starts Friday March 5, 2010!



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We couldn’t have asked for better weather this past Saturday at Makers Local.  Round about 6AM makers came together to impale Harry Plopper onto his spit, preparing him for the slow cooking he would endure throughout the day.

Preaux goes Lord of the Flies on the pig.

More pictures of the event can be found here:

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We’d like to try to get people more involved and interested in shop activities. So every Wednesday night at 7pm, we’d like to invite all members to gather at the shop to discuss projects, show and tell, brainstorm, and meet-n-greet. Open to all members and guests, as always.

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Makers Local 256 will be hosting a Pig Roast on Saturday, Feb 20th at 1PM.  Plates of pork will be $10 each, or $15 for two.  The pig itself will be slow roasted on a custom welded automatic rotisserie, over a member constructed fire pit.  Along side a pot of jambalaya, members will be bringing potlock and picnic noms.  During the Pig Roast there will also be a Silent Auction, and an Open House where members of the community are encouraged to come check out the make shop, see our past and current projects, and find out more about getting involved in the collaborative DIY community.  To volunteer for this event, or for more details, visit:  The Pig Roast Wiki Page