Is there a sizzle in the air at your place too? The ramp-up for Burning Man has us all excited, and as we can now actually see white space on our task lists, everybody on the Ein Hammer crew is thrilled and thrashing away so that we can be as "plug and play" as possible on the playa, having accomplished so very much in the pre-fabrication.

Yesterday, when the crew was starting to wane in the summer afternoon heat, the clouds rolled in, cooling the air until the thunderstorms came. All of us were in a mad dash to shelter and tarp the wooden standoffs attached to the giant gas pipe as squeels of laughter erupted. Then, the rain turned to hail that pelted the quonset hut roof of Mr. Fixit's workshop, and we all cackled as he stood out in the hailstorm with arms outstretched like a popsicle messiah. Tom Waits was playing on the sound system, galvanizing the moment into a treasured memory for many.

Tim and Bob drove their element of the project up from the Bay Area this weekend, known affectionately as the "Infinity Power Tunnels". This "golden spike" event was a meeting of their technology with that of our own, connected by a single serial port. The lights were lovely in the Nevada dusk, and as darkness fell, we were captivated by their amazing brilliance and dancing tubes of light that seemed to penetrate the very ground. Great job, and kudos to the Mad Scientist Collective who completely embraced this important division of the target areas and enhanced the "underground" image of the project. Their moto says it all: "Better Living Through Reckless Experimentation".

Thank you and congratulations to Bram P. for becoming our 50th backer with his pledge this week! As you can see, we've got just a little time left to reach our goal so if you feel inclined to forward this Kickstarter link to all your Burner friends far and wide, we'd be most thankful. It's a way to show them what you are excited about, so perhaps you can meet up with them on the playa and experience Ein Hammer together. Once again, much gratitude to you as together we countdown to Burning Man 2010.

Be well and do strange things,

-Mister Jellyfish.