Ima Robot

So, I don't know when, where, or how, but apparently at some point I downloaded Ima Robot's "Creeps Me Out" and it recently started coming up regularly on my ipod (I listen to music very passively. Just set the entire library to random)

The song itself is fairly catchy, but what I really love is the music video by Frank Borin. Giant game of musical chairs for the win!



If the low quality of the youtube video drives you nuts (like it does me) Frank Borin has a quicktime version of it on his site: [here]

Mr. Wurfel

Is Wurfel some language (I've eliminated Dutch and German) for "Waffle" or does it just sound like my Opa (dutch grandfather) saying waffle. I've got to believe that's intentional.

[Via swissmiss]

Free Geek

So, I just moved to Portland... 2 weeks ago.

Sadly, aside from going to work, I haven't left the house all that much.

But while Googling for a place locally that might sell atmega chips (I may need about 16 arduinos in the near future) I found out about this place: Free Geek. It sounds really cool. I'm going tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Cork Board as Protoboard

I'm prepping to do a 1024 LED sculpture, and the suggestion came up of scaling it from 2' x 2' to 4' x 4'. I was concerned that this new size without an equivalent increase in LEDs (which I really am not prepared to do) so I built a sample square foot panel to try the spacing. Of course, I don't have a square foot protoboard (does anyone?) so instead I built it on a piece of cork board. What I really liked about this method was that it allowed me to prototype it as a 2 layer board.





The larger scale actually works a lot better than I anticipated.

Moving to Portland

I'm moving to Portland (the one in Oregon) tomorrow. But TV and Internet won't be set up at my place until a week from Monday.

I'll see you then. To keep yourself entertained watch The Middle Man while I'm gone. It's a good show.

I originally had some commentary, but it was superfluous.

End radio silence.

No, I'm not dead. I've just been away from internet.

I've spent the last 2 weeks galavanting around the country. Well, a few key spots around the country any way. I spent a week in New York, checking out museums and lounging in the park (As hot and humid as it was, park lounging was a daily activity.) and then a week driving between California and Oregon taking care of things and catching up with friends.

This is hardly a report. Merely a heart beat.