Week 2 - Display Tool
- Category: Thing A Week
- Published on 17 January 2012
- Written by Super User
I had a busy (and awesome) weekend, but I didn't have quite as much finished product as I'd like.
I did some work on my LED display, but nothing too intresting (put in a decade counter for a row driver, did some testing, etc.). I did write a tiny PHP Grid to Array Tool to help me generate some arrays. Just check the boxes for 'on' pixels, and get an array out. The tool is pretty basic, but it wouldn't be hard to put in a custom row/column count. Image to array would be nice, or font to array If I could make it scale correctly.
Meanwhile Kat is kicking ass and taking names. She's been pushing herself really hard, and making me look bad. So this week I need to think about how I can step up my game...we shall see.
Week 1 - Sugru!
- Category: Thing A Week
- Published on 09 January 2012
- Written by Kyle Granat
For Christmas my sister got me a bag of Sugru. It's a silicon/rubber clay like substance that you can mold like clay. You can mold it to fit just about anything, and it sticks to a variety of surfaces. You can mold it to fix, create, or decorate. Once molded, you leave the sugru cure for 24 hours or so, and you have an awesomely fixed/made object.
Sugru Project 1
One of my favorite things to do with Sugru so far is attach magnets to things. I've attached magnets to my speaker pod, plastic eyes, and my favorite - a flashlight.
My Leatherman S3 is probably my favorite flashlight. However there's plenty of times when I need to hold it in my mouth or precariously balance it on some nearby object. Well, not any more! The rare earth magnet is strong enough to hold my flashlight to any magnetic surface. I also like that I can attach my flashlight to my coat via the plates that I put in my coat last month.
Let Thing A Week 2012 Begin!
- Category: Thing A Week
- Published on 09 January 2012
- Written by Kyle Granat
Standing atop the shoulders of giants I begin my 2012 quest - Thing a Week.
The idea is to produce, produce produce! I want to focus my projects on hardware, but I'm sure there will be plenty of HTML/CSS design, some web apps, and maybe even an iOS peoject or two. Who knows, maybe I'll bake some cookies or get some woodworking in.
I will be doing thing a week with my lovely girlfriend (whose blog will be linked as soon as we get it up). We still haven't set any concrete rules, so we're playing a little fast and loose. Right now I'm thinking....
- One project a week
- Finishing projects I've started last year counts, as long as I've made measureable progress in this year
- I can work on projects early, but not late
In the coming weeks I'll have better rules, deadlines, etc. Until then, let the making commence!