Un Burning Man en Alsace ? Oui, c’est le « Burning Mannele » et c’est cet été !

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pokaa.fr/2026/06/06/un-burning-man-en-alsace-oui-cest-le-burning-mannele-et-cest-cet-ete/

The great bottle washing begins!

My camp for the local #BurningMan event brings free water bottles to give away. I boggle that for 7 years I’ve I bought ~40 used water bottles per year from local thrift stores, at about $3 apiece. It’s never hard to find enough nice ones. Often a significant number are completely unused, with the little paper explaining how to wash them still inside. The majority are for companies or events I’ve never heard of.

Anyhow, if you ever want a nice bottle, swing by your local thrift store to see if one there is good for reuse. Or first time use, if it’s got that paper. 🤣

Part 1: Picking the stack: ESP32-S3, Meshtastic, WS281x, and Rust

Why I picked ESP32-S3, Meshtastic, WS281x, and Rust for “Can You Read My Lips?” — and what I didn’t.

https://deaf.dev/blog/can-you-read-my-lips-part-1/

#Art #BurningMan #Engineering #Embedded #Rust

Well, fuck. This semester has been hellish for me, and I was very much looking forward to a festival this weekend. It's a burn, so not just an ordinary festival. Lots of friends. Happy community. A vibe I feel I fit in.

Daughter and her mother are in Canada with family... with the car I need... and it's dead. Possibly DEAD-dead (maybe it ran out of oil 100km back...). We won't know until tomorrow because Canadians take their holidays seriously and no mechanics are available today, but I am increasingly non-hopeful. Ugh.

Daughter and ex are okay (this is a very happy thing as baseline).

Of course missing the burn is not as bad as the financial hit (thank goodness it won't be a crisis... I think) of either needing thousands of $$ of repair work or even more for a new car, but the burn is the big disappointment now. It was my recharge, my reward for making it through the bullshit.

Perspective: I'm middle-class in the USA. I won't go broke if I have to buy another car (as long as it's used; no way could I afford one of those $50K new monstrosities). It will put a dent in my retirement plans and my daughter's college contributions, but nobody will die or starve or miss a mortgage payment. #Disappointment sucks but this isn't the worst ever.

#feels #RegionalBurn #burningMan #cars

Join me at the seaside. And in the desert. On my blog:
Fearless AfrikaBurn and Defying Vama Veche, Love from the Black Sea to the Karoo https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/fearless-afrikaburn-and-defying-vama-veche-love-from-the-black-sea-to-the-karoo/ via @PatFurstenberg

#Afrikaburn #Burningman #VamaVeche #WhyWeReturn

Announcing my next art project: “Can You Read My Lips?”

My first mid-size Burning Man piece: a 14.4 by 5.5 feet (4.39 by 1.68 meters) LED installation that flips the lip-reading experience and nudges burners toward sign language.

https://deaf.dev/blog/can-you-read-my-lips-announcement/

#Art #BurningMan