Holy crap am I tired. Suffice it to say that learning to use a laser cutter was pretty awesome: I now have a chassis for my clock, and a broken key chain QR code. Seriously, bass wood will not hold up to hiding in your pocket for half a day. First time at NYC Resistor, […]

Here’s a thought: similar to how martial artists strive to not use their skills, printmen should strive to not use their printers. Why do I say this? Well, printing is based on the idea that we can make any object our minds can think of, to fill needs that aren’t so easily met by the […]

So I’ve been a lazy butt, and I haven’t been keeping up with my favorite pet blog as well as I should be. Over the last week or so, I’ve been screwing around with interfacing a wii nunchuck with my laptop. Have some videos: They’re pretty self explanatory. I’ve also done some work with moving […]

So, it just occured to me that I haven’t updated on the status of the reprap in a while. Obviously, I didn’t finish the metal mendel, although my partner in crime is moving the project forward while he stays for summer school. I think the metal mendel will be finished by the time summer is […]

Hi. The MCM starts in 2 days. I have to finish a paper and a bunch of lab questions before then, and I want to do at least one run through with my talk on maglev trains (as well as hacking S5 to auto-advance ala ignite), run at least one reprap part into existence, find […]

This is a very quick and easy hack to convert an LED light that runs off batteries to mains (wall) power. Standard warning: following these instructions may kill/maim/turn into flowers everyone your know and hold dear. Be smart. Usually, LED lights run off batteries, because… well, let’s expand the acronym. LED stands for light-emitting diode, […]