I need a simple gift for a few of my family members and friends that I am going to visit on my upcoming trip to World Maker Faire in NY. I have been playing with VHS’s Laser cutter all week making GeoCoins So I decided to make a few simple pendants. A Hawaiian flower (Hibiscus) and ukulele. The image for the [...]
I was able to compleat the last bunch of GeoCoins tonight at VHS. These ones turned out better then the first two batches. I sanded the surface of the coins just a little to remove some of the extra burn marks. They made the lines lighter but a lot more readable. I also printed [...]
Made some more GeoCoins, This time i have included the inkscape source file for your reference.
I made some more demo GeoCoins on VHS’s laser cutter. It took creating about ~25 coins to get the settings just right. I have started adding some of them to the thing tracker. While using the thing tracker I hope to learn how to make the experence better for normal users. I like to Eat [...]
I have been having a lot of fun searching for GeoCaches around Vancouver the past few weeks. In some of the GeoCaches that I have found, people have included GeoCoins. A geocoin is a metal or wooden coin minted in similar fashion to a medallion, token coin, military challenge coin or wooden nickel, for use in geocaching. Many of them are made to [...]
The past few weeks I have been doing a lot of GeoCaching in and around Vancouver, BC (funvill on Geocaching.org). There are 1000s of Geo Caches with in a 45 min bike ride around Vancouver. I have found about 25 different caches. Most of the caches have only been big enough to house a sheet of paper so you can sign [...]
Games Burning man 2012 “Hula Cam” Burning man 2011 “Home”
I got a RaspberryPI a few months ago, but with Vancouver Maker Faire and the 281 proposal and all the other things going on in my life I just never got around to playing with it. What’s a Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. [...]