For lack of a better name, I’m calling this piece the Barn Windows. Last year, we were shopping at an antique store called Blue Moon, in Indiana and found the most beautiful window frame that supposedly came out of an old barn. Our first thought was to use it as an ornate picture frame and…
Category: Random Projects
Treehouse Robot Caddy
In an effort to increase maximum ease and relaxation at our cottage in Michigan, I designed and built a robot capable of delivering drinks and dinner to our remote treehouse. We love to have dinner and drinks out there, but it’s a challenge for us to bring all the stuff out and back. Mostly I…
World Records
I recently had thousands of old family pictures scanned and have been slowly going through them. I found one of my early records of world record breaking attempts from when I was probably 10 years old. Always the over-achiever, I present my 1 page notes on my world record attempts. My favorite is playing Hide-Engo(?)…
We Got A Puppy!
It took Amy over a year to convince me, but I finally relented and agreed to get a puppy. Stevie is the best thing that’s happened to us in awhile. I freaking love this amazing dog. Her name is Stevie Sandwich and she is the best dog ever. We named her Stevie after Colonel Steve…
Tree Felling
I’ve had the good fortune in the past year of cutting two trees down and making them land exactly where I wanted. This is a combination of watching many Youtube videos on the subject and other online research. I basically followed these instructions, below. The trees were already dead and one was hollowed out from…
Winterizing with Clear Plastic Tarps
During the summer, we spend most of our time in our Michigan cottage in our screened in porch. It’s peaceful, with a great view of the creek in our backyard and surrounded by trees and nature. For the past two winters we have wanted to be out there and experimented with heat shrink plastic with…
UL Fire Extinguisher Simulator
This was the very first project which helped me start my company, M1 Interactive Inc. It was designed to teach kids and adults (but mostly kids) how to properly use a fire extinguisher using the acronym PASS. The client, Underwriters Laboratories, in Northbrook, IL wanted us to create a simulated environment, which would catch on…
Workbenches
Workbenches I have known over the years. This is a random compilation of photos I’ve taken in the midst of projects I’ve done. I am not always good at documenting the whole process, more of the mess each one creates before turning into something worthy. Or not.