As I write this, I’m hunkered down at our cottage in Michigan during the Covid Virus emergency and missing my synth. I’ve spent the past 2 years collecting modules for random amazing jams and am finally getting started on a couple actual tracks. Whatever mood I’m in changes the type of music I’m creating with…
Willow Sign
I realized when looking through old projects that I am really into making signs for people. It is fun and I get to play with my X-Carve and Glowforge quite a bit. For this sign, I wanted to make something nice for one of my co-workers, who just had a baby named Willow. I was…
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(?)…
The Conflagration of the Absolutely Fireproof Iroquois Theater Painting
A few years ago I purchased this painting from my good friend, Eric Esper. I’ve been the proud owner of it and thought I’d post about it, since it was recently featured in a documentary. The painting is full of amazing detail and deserves to be seen in person to fully absorb it. It was…
The Sky When You Were Born
I followed this great tutorial on Instructables to make a DIY star map and I thought I’d make one for my Grandson. After going through the tutorial and creating the star chart, I found that one of the stars in the sky that night was Mira. Mira is his Mom, my Daughter. Sadly, she passed…
Cecelia Sign
In honor of my friend’s mother’s passing I CNC cut this sign for her. I used some leftover wood I had that was in great shape and use a 60 degree engraving bit, as that’s all I had at the moment. Using the X-Carve was tricky as usual, and I ended up rebuilding it along…
New Puppy!
She the best thing that’s happened in awhile. I freaking love this amazing dog. Her name is Stevie and she is the best dog ever. I’ve been teaching her a new trick every couple days after watching many Youtube videos on the dog/puppy training. She’s super smart and learns quick.
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…
RC Plane Crashes
My RC Plane hobby began when I was a kid and my Dad bought me a radio control glider. I crashed it on the first flight. We repaired it and I crashed it again and again. Then he bought me a motorized plane, which I learned how to fly a bit better. Fast forward to…