November 21, 2007

[Dorkbot Socal](http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/), an eclectic group of nerds, geeks, hackers, makers, builders and breakers, arranged a tour of [Mister Jalopy's](http://hooptyrides.blogspot.com/) secret laboratory / garage / headquarters: Hooptyrides, Inc. Mister Jalopy is featured on the cover of the current [Make magazine](http://makezine.com/magazine/), sitting atop his "Urban Guerrilla Movie House". His Giant iPod, a wooden entertainment console containing a Mac Mini and utilizing the original controls of the console, previously appeared in Make. Hoopytyrides HQ is located in an old, dual-bay auto shop, with many of the original accouterments still intact, including the pinups that adorn the walls of the basement machine shop, old-school hydraulic lifts and a Clayton dynamometer. Mister Jalopy describes himself as more of an assembler than a engineer, pointing out that he simply takes apart existing technology and puts it back together to better suit his needs. Either way about it, Mister Jalopy's creations are fun, functional and attainable by interested makers who want to create their own repurposed entertainment equipment. [](https://eecue.com/p/29709/Mr--Jalopy-on-his-projector-bike.html) Mister Jalopy perched on his Urban Guerrilla Movie House, a mobile pedal powered projector build from a mixture of old furniture, vintage cans, salvaged optics, an LCD monitor and a bicycle. You can check out the [rest of the photos after the jump](http://eecue.com/log_archive/eecue-log-781-Mister_Jalopy___Dorkbot_Socal_Shop_Tour.html).

Here is a selection of the portraits I shot at [BarCampLA4](http://barcampla.org/): [](https://eecue.com/p/29655/RMS--Richard-M--Stallman.html) [Richard M. Stallman](http://www.stallman.org/) ([RMS](http://xkcd.com/225/)) [](https://eecue.com/p/29581/Dan-Kaminsky-goes-Wild.html) [Dan Kaminksy](http://www.doxpara.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29686/Jhonen-Vasquez.html) [Jhonen Vasquez](http://www.questionsleep.com/) [[wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhonen_Vasquez)] [](https://eecue.com/p/29692/Penelope-Bullock.html) [Penelope Bullock](http://peneloper.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29656/Eliot-Phillips.html) [Eliot Phillips](http://www.hackaday.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29587/Daniel-Hengeveld-and-Zoetica.html) [Daniel Hengeveld](http://neoglam.com/) and [Zoetica](http://www.biorequiem.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29590/Ori-Neidich.html) [Ori Neidich](http://ori.neidich.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29668/Xeni-Jardin.html "Xeni Jardin") [Xeni Jardin](http://xeni.net/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29617/Mack-Reed.html) [Mack Reed](http://factoidlabs.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29619/Crystal-Williams.html)[Crystal Williams](http://cleverclevergirl.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29607/Eric-Richardson.html)[Eric Richardson](http://ericrichardson.com/) [](https://eecue.com/p/29602/Heather-Vescent.html) [Heather Vescent](http://www.heathervescent.com/) You can check out the rest of the photo here in my [BarcampLA4 gallery](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-album-1497-1-Barcamp_LA_4.html).