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Instructables' Annual Pre-Maker Faire Ice Cream Social!

It's that time of year again! In the spirit of Maker Faire and all things DIY, Instructables is hosting our annual Pre-Maker Faire Ice Cream Social - and you're invited!

We want to thank our awesome community of authors for sharing all the cool stuff they're making, and for helping us grow our site to 75k projects! We will be hosting this free ice cream social at our downtown San Francisco headquarters for all our authors and maker friends. Come meet the team behind Instructables and get an inside peek at our lab.

In addition to some frozen Liquid Nitrogen ice cream treats and adult-beverage popsicles, we will be holding a "Show & Tell." Bring along a small project of yours to show off!

And, just in case you're not already going, we'll be raffling off a select number of tickets to the Bay Area Maker Faire.

So please come join us! RSVP in the comments below


When: Thursday, May 17 4-9 pm
Where: 82 2nd Street, San Francisco


Looking forward to meeting you,
Karen and the rest of the Instructables Team

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Kiteman says: May 11, 2012. 1:35 PM
75k??

Par-tey!
canucksgirl says: May 11, 2012. 4:37 PM
Do ya think they'll give out a random prize for the 75,000th Ible?

Nice idea huh? (wink, wink) ;)
Kiteman says: May 12, 2012. 5:46 AM
Oh, yes!

Hey, Karen, you reading this? Find out who posted #75,000, and send them something nice.
kazmataz (author) says: May 14, 2012. 10:15 AM
Great idea, Kiteman! On it :)
Kiteman says: May 14, 2012. 10:30 AM
Hey, it was Canucksgirl's idea (see above), all I did was agree with her.

kazmataz (author) says: May 14, 2012. 11:08 AM
*great idea canucksgirl!
Kiteman says: May 30, 2012. 4:25 PM
Hmmm?

Do we know who #75k was, then?
Kiteman says: May 18, 2012. 9:54 AM
So... who was it?

Or has it yet to happen?
canucksgirl says: May 14, 2012. 11:28 AM
Thank you. ;)
themoose64 says: May 12, 2012. 8:03 AM
I live in Wisconsin so I will never be able to attend these events because they are so faraway. Please, Instrucables hold an event or something in southern wisconsin or northern illinios! ( if you did I can almost garrenrtee sistergldnhair and I would be there!
hungyhipo 2 says: May 13, 2012. 8:04 PM
Wisconsin represent.
themoose64 says: May 26, 2012. 3:23 PM
See, this dude agrees. I bet he would come to an event in Wisconsin
Kiteman says: May 26, 2012. 12:46 PM
Event photos?
jaffawarrior1 says: May 17, 2012. 11:31 PM
missed the ice cream social damn u ocean
OwlsAndCake says: May 17, 2012. 6:39 PM
Awww, I just realized that's today... Aw well
OwlsAndCake says: May 17, 2012. 6:38 PM
But why on a Thursday?..... Little more student friendly?
OwlsAndCake says: May 17, 2012. 6:36 PM
Yes! I really want to come! Probably will.
Thrasym says: May 14, 2012. 3:44 PM
*cough* Do it in Ottawa/Toronto/Montreal. * sneeze* So I can go! *cough*
iminthebathroom says: May 16, 2012. 12:57 PM
no Vancouver, come on...
canida says: May 17, 2012. 2:46 PM
Mikeasaurus will be running an Instructables booth at the Vancouver mini maker faire in a bit. Ping him for details!
iminthebathroom says: May 17, 2012. 3:55 PM
Snap, was just in Vancouver this weekend! Hopefully can get away. - pinging away!
sherrycayheyhey says: May 11, 2012. 2:57 PM
I had decided against going to Maker Faire this year since I have Bay to Breakers on Sunday but maybe I'll go to this and let the raffle decide? :)
canida says: May 17, 2012. 2:49 PM
We approve of your plan. :)
lxnova says: May 16, 2012. 9:19 AM
Totally going to be there!!!
canida says: May 17, 2012. 2:47 PM
Excellent!
RilesT says: May 16, 2012. 11:50 AM
I'd down like a clown, Charlie Brown. Is it cool if i show up around 6? I'm stuck in work until then.
canida says: May 17, 2012. 2:47 PM
Of course! We'll save you some.
thor says: May 16, 2012. 9:24 AM
Sounds fun. Count me in too.
thor says: May 16, 2012. 9:51 AM
What are the guide lines for show and tell, particularly what size? I have some projects that are hand sized and another the size of a piece of check on luggage.
canida says: May 17, 2012. 2:46 PM
If you can get it inside and up a flight of stairs under your own steam, life is good.
ride on toy dude says: May 16, 2012. 9:38 PM
I'll check and see if I have $500 for a round trip flight to San Fran in my piggy bank.
"Shake, Shake"
Only $0.75.
I need to get a better allowance.
supersoftdrink says: May 14, 2012. 3:45 PM
Maybe one year when the kids are older and we've paid down some of Abigail's medical bills, we can lug everyone to the bay area and crash the Instructables HQ.

San Francisco smells like fish, though. The whole damn city.
ride on toy dude says: May 16, 2012. 9:30 PM
I would bring along my five siblings. We could double team.
RilesT says: May 16, 2012. 12:16 PM
I'm in San Francisco right now and i smell no fish...
Nahual says: May 15, 2012. 12:28 PM
Just Fisherman's Wharf. XP
eclipsed says: May 14, 2012. 7:49 PM
Not the whole city. Parts of Market street smell like a toilet....
iminthebathroom says: May 16, 2012. 12:56 PM
I wish, I wish, I wish - clicking steel toes together madly... dang should'a worn the ruby reds...
karlin0ds says: May 16, 2012. 8:09 AM
How about offshore peeps?
ThatKnottyguy says: May 11, 2012. 4:15 PM
Can't you come to Utah?!?
supersoftdrink says: May 14, 2012. 8:31 PM
There seem to be a lot of instructables members in Utah. Maybe we should have our own ice cream social...


my vote is to have it at Memorial Park in Provo. I can bring stuff. A few blocks of dry ice would be fun... we could mix our own ice cream in cups with chips of it, or freeze whipped cream rosettes on top of the dry ice.


Maybe if we get enough attending, some of the instructables staff will decide to drop by, too. It's only what... a 12 hour drive? There's even a local hacker space: http://thetransistor.com/ (I need to remind Josh to get a membership there)
target022 says: May 14, 2012. 8:18 PM
I will totally be there!!
nerd7473 says: May 14, 2012. 12:37 PM
aww I want to go but I live in Oklahoma this makes me sad
Boppylop says: May 12, 2012. 7:58 AM
oh, shoot. I would TOTTALLY love to come, but im only 13 and I live in Quito, Ecuador. Don't think I can exactly waltz over there to meet you guys. : / Im just really bummed out because I wanted to meet KapitanScarlet in person, but he livez in the UK so Im not nsure hes coming, eaither. Oh, well.
jaffawarrior1 says: May 14, 2012. 12:25 PM
feel da same m in dif country :-(
jaffawarrior1 says: May 14, 2012. 11:41 AM
can some1 get into contact wit da team and c bout a uk based team cos i cnt come 2 da USA :(
ilpug says: May 14, 2012. 11:02 AM
Well, I can't make it to the social, but I will be at maker faire?
Creativeman says: May 12, 2012. 5:10 PM
I'd like to go...is there parking at 82 2nd. st.?
ilpug says: May 14, 2012. 11:01 AM
Street parking will probably fill up. If you can, take public transit on Market street to Second, and walk two blocks south.
jessyratfink says: May 12, 2012. 7:14 PM
Lots of metered parking and lots nearby! No good free parking near that I can think of, though.
How2MakeThat says: May 14, 2012. 6:07 AM
North Atlantic sometime?
siegeking says: May 14, 2012. 4:05 AM
i'm in australia :-(
jmartinez52 says: May 12, 2012. 6:16 PM
i will be there for sure
monsterlego says: May 12, 2012. 10:03 AM
Cool i just bought plane tickets just for this...

Just kidding! i live on the other side of the country, cant make it. :P
eclipsed says: May 11, 2012. 10:57 PM
I want to go, but I have to leave early because I have a ceramics class that night. Is the raffle at the very end of the night like last year? Do you have to stay til the end to win something?
poofrabbit says: May 11, 2012. 7:18 PM
I so wish I was in the area, but I can't wait to see all the pics!
blowtorch-betty says: May 11, 2012. 5:02 PM
Adult beverage popsicles?!?! Count me in!
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