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Marc Merlin's 2014 Burning Man Report For Tech Geeks
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.
TFA is great...it's what *I* would want to see...i have burner friends and they always show me 200 pictures of their little group in the same areas...nothing that shows a general survey of what is happening
Thank you Dave Raggett
I don't believe that Burning Man is destructive.
But it is. A lot of energy is consumed just getting people there, resulting in a lot of emissions. A lot of stuff is burned that shouldn't be, in spite of attempts to prevent it. What about a festival that's inherently creative? I guess that's not as fun as setting shit on fire.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
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.