GeekXm
G33k Xmas is a roughly-annual gathering of friends who are obsessed with technology and art. We get together and offer up our extra tech to anyone who shows up, and take home whatever we find useful. The conversation and curiosity around the different items makes this an amazing night of g33k fun.
Swapping technology, versus buying something new, allows us to try many different technologies out, hear about new ones (who knew vector displays can be hacked). It encourages the reuse and repurposing, instead of recycling or purchasing of technology.
Timelapses from G33k’s Past
May 2004
October 2004
May 2005
May 2006
January 2008
February 2009
February 2010
January 2011
February 2012
January 2013
What Has Been Swapped (very incomplete)
What people have brought in the past that others have taken (in no particular order or completeness): Tongue depressors, 8 track mixer, mics, digital still and video cameras, Color Kinetics lights, hand-held video games, PS1′s, laptops, slide projectors, cables of every hue, cd’s/dvd’s people have created, PDA’s, midi controllers and converters, motors, routers, Tivo(*4), laptops, graphics cards, amps, cd changers, 4-channel mixers, dj mixers, clocks, mice, headphones, burners (not the dusty people), tools, and many things I’m not sure have names….but were tremendously entertaining to try and figure out.