MakerFaire NYC

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I’m organizing the 3D Printer Village at MakerFaire NYC on September 25th and 26th, 2010.  Stop by and see what we’re working on!  We should have some MakerBot, Mendels, and who knows what else.    I’ll post more details when we get them.

Making iPhone Stands

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Small writeup of making an iPhone stand from scratch.  Starting in SketchUp, printing prototypes, revising, and finally printing at home on my MakerBot.

Mapping Main Street

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Some of my photos were used in the short film “Main Street Port Jefferson” – part of the NPR Mapping Main Street project. The film was put together by Mark Sternberg, Adam Gismondi, Ryan Hodum, and Luke Ceo, and includes some of my photos from the 2009 Charles Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson.

MakerBot

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Last week I got a MakerBot and we’ve been playing with it for a few days now. I’ve started writing up the build process on the new Projects page. I’ll be detailing more of the printing progress as well as tuning and modifications at this same location going forward. I’ve also written up some pages [...]

Photos from Space

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Today Amy and I went out with the Island Labs crew to launch a weather balloon into the stratosphere.   The launch was from Roscoe, NY, and the landing was in Patterson, NY.    Photos from the on-board camera are here.  Photos from behind the scenes of how we did the launch are on my Flickr [...]

Website Updates

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I’ve been using WordPress for about six months now, and have had decent luck with it so far.   I’d been using a heavily modified version of the Deep Blue theme, but decided to move to a new design.  I’m now using the Neutica+ setup (which runs on Thematic) from Allan Cole.   I’m still [...]

DIY Camera Sling Howto

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My DIY Camera Sling howto has been featured on Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Steve’s Digicams, With Closed Eyes, Reddit, DIYPhotography and a few others sites in the last few days.   I’ve updated the flickr photo set with more details in the photo notes.

Subaru Legacy HID Install

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Detailed How-To for installing Volt Xeon HID headlights into a 2010 Subaru Legacy.  Includes photos and step-by-step instructions.

Garmi Nuvi Hardwire Install

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Detailed How-To for hardwiring a Garmin Nuvi 200W into a 2010 Subaru Legacy.    Includes step-by-step photos for installing the unit into the overhead sunglass holder.

Perseid Meteor Shower

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Despite some heavy cloud cover, I did manage to get at least one photo of a meteor. The weather for tonight doesn’t look promising for a second try. I was outside for about 35 minutes, enough to take this photo.