{"id":174,"date":"2005-07-15T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-16T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/15\/weird-science\/"},"modified":"2007-05-05T18:52:28","modified_gmt":"2007-05-06T02:52:28","slug":"weird-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/15\/weird-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Weird Genius Real Science are really trying to get the word out about their second annual Science Fair tomorrow night (click the link for more details).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSteve and I went last year, and it was a blast (figuratively and literally). It&#8217;s a science fair for bizarre, eccentric, and artistic adults. I highly recommend it.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEDITED TO ADD: Earlier I posted a web link to it, but that was apparently for last year&#8217;s event. Here&#8217;s the info I was emailed about this year&#8217;s fair:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2nd Annual Weird Genius Real Science Fair<br \/>\nSaturday July 16<br \/>\n7pm &#8211; 2am<br \/>\nMagnuson Park (Formerly Sandpoint) Building 30<br \/>\n7400 Sand Point Way NE<br \/>\n$7, 21+<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCome party with SCIENCE! Seattle Outsider Artists Project proudly presents the 2nd Annual Weird Genius Real Science Fair! This event showcases the finest in real science projects and science-enhanced\/themed art by dangerous amateurs and science professionals. Behold the world&#8217;s largest baking soda and vinegar volcano! Hear the savage crackle of the Tesla coils! Volunteer for groundbreaking interactive experiments! Witness the miracle of fuzzy logic! Learn about electromagnetism while microwave ovens go WILD!!!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFeaturing left-brained music by:<br \/>\n* Dr. Ffej and his Specimens<br \/>\n* Paul Edwards<br \/>\n* DJ&#8217;s Treble &amp; Solo<br \/>\n* Tawney<br \/>\n* DJ CTRL<br \/>\n* Terso<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nABOUT US:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Seattle Outsider Artist Project (SOAP) is a Washington State non-profit for the advancement of marginal art by marginal people, art by non-artists, non-art by artists, and undifferentiated creative proliferation in the community. Please contact us immediately if you feel like you fit into any of these categories.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattleoutsider.org\/soap\/\">Seattle Outsider Artist Project<\/a><br \/>\nweirdgenius@inability.org<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Weird Genius Real Science Fair is a project of The Shunpike: &#8220;The Shunpike Arts Collective strengthens the Seattle arts community by partnering with artists to more effectively present and distribute their work.&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Weird Genius Real Science are really trying to get the word out about their second annual Science Fair tomorrow night (click the link for more details). &nbsp; Steve and I went last year, and it was a blast (figuratively and literally). It&#8217;s a science fair for bizarre, eccentric, and artistic adults. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}