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Monthly Archives: October 2008
October Thing-a-day, Day 12: Flash Reflector-Diffuser
Note: October was a horrible choice for a thing-a-day project, what with the Maker Faire and all. I’ll get 31 projects in by re-starting today. Sick of getting an ugly, harsh light when you take pictures using a flash? Tired … Continue reading
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New permalinks structure
Note: I punched the button to enable a new permalinks structure. This means that my articles can be accessed by their month and title instead of the cryptic ?p= default setup. As far as I can tell, that original version … Continue reading
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Laser Harp info coming soon
We had a great time at Maker Faire in Austin! I got lots of great feedback about the harp and am anxious to try out some of the suggestions. Thanks to Matt, Joe and everyone from The Robot Group for … Continue reading
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October Thing-a-day, Day 11: Cat-leidoscope
I remember reading in some book about how to make a giant kaleidoscope out of cardboard and tinfoil, but since mirrors are pretty cheap, I just used those instead. Now I really want to watch some Busby Berkeley films…
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October Thing-a-day, Day 10: Time-lapse video
I’m still working on the second part of the intervalometer (translation: putting it off until I figure out a more intelligent way to make the menus), but here is a video I made to prove that the concept works: Note: … Continue reading
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October Thing-a-day, Day 9: Pinhole Camera
Note: these next few posts are going to be a bit out of order because I worked on them in parallel today. I still have some catching up to do… I’ve been wanting to make a pinhole camera for a … Continue reading
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October Thing-a-day, Day 8: Prepping bottles (photo)
I had to strip the labels off of a bunch of bottles to prepare for beer bottling tomorrow night, and I ended up capturing this. I stood on top of the counter, and flattened the perspective by holding the camera … Continue reading
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