Author: Aaron
Project of the Week: Mini robot
I got my new 3D printer up and running recently. After some tuning, some improving, and some printing of backup parts (an ongoing process, I decided I was [...]
Plex, Synology, and the dreaded “Video Unavailable”
Going to skip the usual stuff at the top here and get straight to it1: Plex is a super-cool, easy-to-use, everywhere media server. Lots of people use it, and [...]
The 2013 Portland Mini MakerFaire
Last year (you may have read), I participated in the Portland Mini MakerFaire. It was great. I absolutely loved sharing and teaching people. This year, I [...]
10 minutes with Cory Doctorow
This past Wednesday, I had the opportunity to go see Cory Doctorow (arguably my favorite author) on the local stop of his tour for his new book Homeland. He [...]
Thoughts on Libraries
My wife works at our local public Library. We started visiting there more recently and I was once again struck at the accessibility and amount of information [...]
It’s a Trap!
For the past few years, my brother and I have been pranking each other a bit when it comes to gifts. It took on a rather peculiar theme a couple of years ago [...]
Star Trek!
I was going to say that this is the nerdiest thing I've done in public in a while. But I was presenting at MakerFaire just a couple of months ago, so I guess [...]
My Perfect Phone
I got my first cell phone in 2005. It was a Nokia candybar identified by some 4 digit number. At the time I carried it along with a Handspring Edge Palm [...]
The three magazines of my life