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Monthly Archives: September 2017
What’s Next? Building IT Part V
I finished the last installment of “Building IT” with “what’s next?” What was next was to wire the circuit boards and test their functions. The picture here doesn’t look very different from yesterday but that’s the nature of projects. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Art, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, LEDs, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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Do the Hard Stuff First: Building IT IV
Greetings! In the 11 days since the last installment of “Building IT” a lot has happened but that doesn’t mean that the work has stopped. Building IT is quite a project. almost to the same level as the first pneumatic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Art, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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Building IT Halloween Prop III
The IT build continues. I spent some quality time in my workshop today and got to fiddle a bit with my newest Halloween prop. It is usual for these types of projects to break things first and I had to … Continue reading
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Building It Halloween Prop (Part II)
It looks a bit like I’m building an outhouse. I had a good building day. It started with drawing up plans—the best laid plans of mice and men…as they say. The first priority was to get an overall size for … Continue reading
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It’s Never Too Early for Halloween!
In summary, I get frustrated with expensive household appliances (1, 2, 3); I love being a Maker; I hate litter(2); I’m not fond of Trump (1,2); I support the International Aerial Robotics Competition (1,2); I love Camp Quest (1,2,3,4…); Most … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Repurposing Material, Retired--A Day in the Life, Science and Technology
Tagged Art, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, LEDs, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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There are Days (Follow Up)
It’s been a couple of weeks since my Sears refrigerator has been repaired. Apparently, it’s going to work for a while. I bought a gauge from Walmart that is designed to display the temperature of a remote sensor along with … Continue reading
Posted in Retired--A Day in the Life, Science and Technology, Skepticism
Tagged Logic, my story, Science, technology
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Labor Day 2017
Today is Labor Day. It is the traditional end of summer and a chance to escape from reality, apparently. In Atlanta Georgia people attend Dragon Con and dress up in fictional characters. Then there is Burning Man. It is near … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, community, DIY, Fun, Halloween, my story, Robots, Science, technology, Travel
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The Mother of All Bad Ideas
I took a stroll out on my favorite path yesterday. In an effort to keep myself fit (and sane) I try and walk four miles per day. Lately, I’ve settled on a path that runs around the whole of Tucson. … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Repurposing Material, Retired--A Day in the Life
Tagged Art, community, Community Service, my story
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