I have mentioned vancouver scavenger hunts before but it was mainly for Vancouver’s parks and I wanted one that is more geared towards Vancouver its self. I tried searching Google and yahoo but failed to find anything worth while so I created my own list. Set up a scavenger hunt with your family and friends [...]
* I found this post in my drafts, unfinished, lost and forgotten. I decided to post it, unfinished instead of deleting it. * What a Amazing, fun, aw-inspiring event. Thank you everyone that put on this event, Emily Dallas, Jenny, all the volunteers, makers and sponsors. Thank you for putting on a fantastic event. When I heard about this [...]
You have five pirates, ranked from 5 to 1 in descending order. The top pirate has the right to propose how 100 gold coins should be divided among them. But the others get to vote on his plan, and if fewer than half agree with him, he gets killed. How should he allocate the gold [...]
I didn’t take too many PG pictures, So here are others videos. Amazing year. My favorite art installation Rowing Skeletons / “Charon” by Peter Hudson Duane Flatmo’s steampunk-styled Octopus – El Pulpo Mechanico Random art montage. flickr burningman group http://www.flickr.com/groups/burningman/ A picture of my camp
I need to make a suit like this for burning man
It would be cool to do a story based around this art forum. Where the ink flows as someone does a voice over.
I build the first version of my giant spin art back in may after reading build instructions in Make magazine Volume 25. It work okay but had a few problems. It was direct drive driven and I was worried about burning out the motor. It was scary fast and got unstable as it speeds up. Three days before Maker Faire I decide to [...]
I seen sign posts like this at the San Francisco Maker Faire and Burning man and I wanted to do something similar for Vancouver’s Mini Maker Faire 2011. With the help of a few fantastic friends we where able to make 150 painted signs for 4 different sign posts.
I have been busy the last few weeks as projects ramp up and we get closer to Maker Faire and the weather gets nicer around Vancouver. Its getting harder to makes these status updates as I would rather be making something or going outside and enjoying the sunshine and now Appa (A black kitty) won’t let [...]
I have decided to create a 64x RGB LED POV Globe for Maker faire and Buring man this year. This project is a factor more complex then any other project that I have attempted before, and quite a bit more expensive. My project will be similar to this project watch?v=4KN0xoHsUiI But my project has more LEDs, it will play almost [...]
A short timelaps video from Super Happy Crafter House 1.0 Super Happy Crafter House is an open event intended for crafters of all kinds. Those interested in papercraft, origami, technology exploration, sewing, knitting, spinning, weaving, felting, crocheting — and beyond! We’re open to new ideas and craft projects and would love to see you there! [...]
More stencils this time we used two or more colors. The next steep is a custom 5-10 color image. one that takes me the night to cut out and do.
Ray Gun Revival has been launched. We sent out 8k unsolicited email newsletter to anyone that had anything to do with the old site and only ~50 people followed the link and signed up for the newsletter. Showing me that spam just doesn’t work. Ray Gun Revival teaser trailer was released a week later then the launch but more [...]
Its been a busy month, the start of the year always is. Built my first Android APP with Phone gap. Its a happiness survey that lets users report there current happiness level once an hour. The reports go back to my website and get stored in a database. I hope to run this survey for a year and see if [...]
Instructions on how to fix your computer, install windows applications on your mac, Hack someones Facebook, and make a million dollars from a World of warcraft clone. Step 1. Get a fork… it should be about 4-6″ long made of metal and not too sharp. Step 2. Place in right hand with point end facing up. Ensure that you got [...]
The best Mario medley in life, cut short due to YouTube restraints. See the whole show at our MySpace! Presented to you by Tasty Animals, recorded at Nyala Restaurant, Feb 24 2010 www.myspace.com\animalrtasty
Flash fiction is perfect for your coffee break, your commute, or whenever you have a few minutes for yourself. Crafted with gemlike precision, every flash fiction piece tells a complete story, never using more than a thousand words. The Best of Every Day Fiction Two brings together one hundred flash fiction pieces selected from Every Day [...]
If you run a website that has a contacts form or any other input from users. sooner or later you will start getting attacked by internet robot zombies. What is a “internet robot zombies” you ask? Well lets break it up a little bit. A robot is a program that someone has written, that searches [...]
Push for web apps Currently there is a real push for everything to work in a browser, thin clients. For example; Email, Word processors (like Google docs), calendars, contact lists, router administration ect. It makes sense since everyone has a browsers, they all work relatively the same and its cross platform, plus its available anywhere [...]