Holiday Lights snowball!
As I mentioned previously, I have been getting more interested in creating props for my light shows. Part of that is because owning a 3D Printer allows me to experiment with shapes that are challenging to make it other ways.
I've been really interested in what I call snowballs - there's spheres that have lights coming out of them in all directions. [...]
Eagle3D on a Mac when POVray won’t work…
So you just finished your first PCB in Eagle. Good job. Me too actually, and after a few days I came across something very cool. Eagle3D. Eagle3D takes your Eagle .brd file [...]
Nissan LEAF Colors
There's been a lot of wondering I think, about whether or not the Nissan LEAF EV was going to offered in anything other than that blueish color they've been parading around. [...]
Building a 3D printer
I should start out by warning you that this is not a build-log. My friend Isaac reminded me that before we started this project, this was blogging gold, and he didn't have a [...]
Y’know, that one song… from the 50’s?
So last night I was looking for a song that I've heard a million times, but have never known the name of. It's an instrumental, and I'm pretty confident that you've heard it [...]
SparkFun Free Day Fallout.
Well, I tried, and everybody I know tried. None of us made it. It's unfortunate, but I don't think any of us are going to die. If you haven't heard about SparkFun Electronics' [...]
Weekend Project: Tree-Waterer
Christmas is upon us, and we have gotten ourselves a Christmas tree. My wife and I are dedicated Tree-Killers Live-Christmas-Tree-Advocates. We just like the feeling of a live [...]
Being a lousy advocate: Me and DRM
DRM, You've probably heard of it. Digital Rights Management. Bane of legitimate users, irritant of illigitimate users, hopeful tool of content owners. By those 3 statements, I [...]
The iPhone Dilemma
You know I'm an Apple nerd. No one who builds a Hackintosh and sticks it in a G4 cube should be considered anything less than such. Naturally you'll be able to guess that I'm [...]
The Second Coming of the Electric Car
I've had a love affair with the Electric Vehicle (EV) for a few years now. I wish I could say I found it on my own, but I really only got into after watching Who Killed the [...]
But *my* phone already does that…