john abella

MakerFaire NYC

John — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:56:51 +0000

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

John — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:58:10 +0000

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

John — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:18:03 +0000

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

John — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:56:56 +0000

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 on printing RepRap Mendel parts, our MakerBot Heated Build Platform, and other modifications on the Projects page.

Photos from Space

John — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:10:26 +0000

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 here. We successfully launched, tracked, and recovered a balloon that went over 90,000 feet high, and traveled almost 80 miles downrange.

Website Updates

John — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:38:28 +0000

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 working out some bugs.

DIY Camera Sling Howto

John — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:36:06 +0000

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

John — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:55:18 +0000

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

John — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:05:06 +0000

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

John — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:51:22 +0000

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.