Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Have you seen our blimp?

Last week we picked up some interesting leads on where our first airship is. A call came in to our school office from Jamestown, halfway between Yosemite and where we live:

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Yep, the A marker corresponds to Jamestown, CA.

We first heard that our blimp had been found from a friend. After talking to a few teachers, we found out that someone called the school office, and that they had found a blimp that said it was from Mission San Jose High School. We heard that the airship was found in a farmer’s field, and instantly we realized what had happened. The airship had flown two hundred miles to the east, until it ran out of helium and dropped into a farmer’s field.

Knowing the way things work, though, we ran into a problem. Our school network was being temperamental, and the voicemail message got lost somewhere in the tubes. Now we’ve gotten in contact with the school district’s CTO in a search for whoever called from the Jamestown area code, but we’re otherwise lost as to how to proceed. Who found our airship? Where is it now?

If you have any ideas, please do tell us. Our email: funkyshiitakemushrooms@gmail.com

FSM wins again!

The Funky Shiitake Mushrooms have won the Digital Open’s Open Gear category, putting their hybrid airship, Skittles, at 3 for 3 for competitions entered and won. Boing Boing Video, named one of the top 50 blogs by TIME magazine, has posted their interview with us: Video

The rest of the Digital Open winners can be found here: Digital Open Winners