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Marc Merlin's 2014 Burning Man Report For Tech Geeks

Posted by timothy on Friday September 26, 2014 @05:38PM from the what-he-did-on-his-summer-vacation dept.

marcmerlin writes Haven't been to Burning Man, or missed this year's and would like a summary? Marc Merlin has posted a summary of this year with full GPS map, pictures from the air, and everything neatly categorized, with a track of his 127 miles of biking to visit as many camps as possible. Also, if you plan on going, check out the tips at the bottom of the page.

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Re:The climate there sucks. by Applehu+Akbar · 2014-09-27 02:33 · Score: 3, Insightful

True enough, but the Burning Man environment has one great advantage for nerds: it's an ultimate test of hardware reliability for your project. If the tech product you're about to introduce will survive BM, it will work in any home or business.