Category Archives: Photo

Midway:Booth @ CMU Spring Carnival 2010

I had the good fortune to check out Midway:Booth, part of the 2010 Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon University. Combining the best features of an art installation and a fun house, these booths (really, calling them miniature pavilions would be … Continue reading

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Homebrew flash triggers using xBee radios

A year and a half ago, I started dabbling with using off-camera flash units, in order to exact better control over the lighting in my photographs. Of course, to do this, I had to invest in some equipment. I was … Continue reading

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Photos from the GA/GI Festival

Full set here.

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Happy Birthday, HackPittsburgh!

Our hackerspace, Hack Pittsburgh, just turned a year old. To celebrate, we had cake, and made ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Photo set here.

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Wireframe cat contemplates mouse

My foray into the the art of wire bending. Slice & stack method was perhaps not the best approach to forming a coherent structure. Lea faired better.

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Arduino meetup in NYC

A group of us from HackPittsburgh (Matt S., Marty, Mandy, and I) took an action-packed trip up to NYC this weekend to attend the Arduino Meetup, and got to visit Adafruit Industries, ITP, NYC Resistor, and Alpha One Labs. Thanks … Continue reading

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The “lazy man’s” nightstand

Here is a pretty simple end table that I built using some scrap wood and nails. If you’ve got some extra veneered plywood, finishing nails, and access to a chop saw and band saw (don’t have them? join Hack Pittsburgh!) … Continue reading

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