I mentioned in an earlier post that I was working on a project that would help us to hear the doorbell out on the back patio. The problem is that the doorbells themselves are upstairs inside the house and difficult to hear. No matter how many times we tell guests to just walk in and […]

I threw together a video of the warp core’s control circuit and eight stupidly bright white SMD LED strips for the rings. The original rings were going to be through-hole bright LEDs, but I realized how much soldering and drilling would be required for that. That is dumb and painful. So, factory-built strips of LEDs, […]

Well, we’ve moved into a new and larger space at the office and we sit at these massive wood and steel desks as teams. Our team decided we needed more “flare” at our desk, so, of course, a big-ass warp core was the first thing that popped into our heads. How hard could that be? […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve attached PDF files of the pentagon PCB and the motherboard PCB. If I had time to label them and make them pretty, I would, but this was never designed for mass production or consumption. Use at your own risk and frustration. For those with a short attention span, I give you a photo […]

For those of you with short attention spans, like me, here is a quick and lame video I threw together in iMovie: I am building this for the new awesome bed I will be building this winter for our bedroom. There will be two of these lamps, one for me and one for my wife […]

OK, I am not making one of these and I did not make this one, but I consider this to be super-swanky and a must-show-off piece in my collection of strange old things. I inherited this from my grandmother who passed away around Christmas of 2009. It’s plastic, but my grandparents purchased it for-real in […]

I’m building a bright LED reading light that will be powered by a “9V” wall wart power supply and will use a flexible stem to position the light to not disturb my wife while I read and she sleeps.

See how I made my office desk, which is situated near a very warm window, much cooler and comfortable.

I had the very excellent opportunity to take the Office Chairiot™ into an empty office suite in our building this afternoon. It was not the adrenaline rush that I used to get skydiving, but it definitely ranked up there. Danger factor was high, since the office chair has almost zero controllability. I might as well […]

Welcome to my maker blog! I am going to be adding the projects I’ve been working on since I discovered the wonderful world of making things. Visit often. I’ll try to keep it fraysh. Until I start posting my projects and thoughts and whatnot, check out the links in the right column. I put links […]