When I was in New York last summer I had the pleasure of meeting Brad Litwin. He is a maker of kinetic art. He had his Quadrapult on display at…
Read moreAnother try at Lightning
I made another attempt at getting lightning on my Nikon P7000. I noticed that if I went to a manual configuration, the aperture smallest is 2.8. Seems I can’t get…
Read moreWho don’t these rods bump into each other?
Open Cola
Here’s some food for thought. The internet can help us solve problems. This makes me think that patents are becoming a smaller part of the formula. I’m moving more towards…
Read moreThings are amazing and we’re still not happy. :)
"Everything is amazing and nobody is happy" by Meowbay
Read moreIs your mentor a sandwich?
More Capactitors
These capacitors are for experiments with model airplane propulsion. I’m not convinced its simpler than a rubber band but it might be educational. I am betting pager motors are the…
Read moreSilly poster
I had a meeting at a pub yesterday. This poster gave me a great deal of amusement. The balloons look like cartoon sperm and the people are stick people. There’s…
Read moreWoodGears.ca!
Matthias of Woodgears.ca came out to Squirrel-o-Rama last night. His Web site is a “must visit”! Here are the pictures from his camera.
Read moreSome progress with foam construction
I worked on refinements to foam construction last night. We had lots of fun despite lower turnout. The young lady wrote colored messages on her Squirrel. She then passed it…
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Templatic is really messed up
I attempted to order a theme from them. I had a test account set up which I noticed was used by another customer because someone uploaded a logo over top…
Read moreCome to pub tonight!
We’re making planes! Its free and it’s fun! Please RSVP to darcy@siteware.com.
Read moreModel airplane experiments
I made 30 model planes out of foam. This is the stuff of egg cartons and meat packaging. Pound for pound, this stuff is as strong as steel. Well that…
Read moreSilly Skit
The Universe came from a Chicken
That and other amazing statements. This guy makes the most sense of most the the physics types I’ve heard in a while…
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