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Time-Lapse LEGO Firetruck

Posted on January 27, 2015 by joel
Sean made another time-lapse/stop-motion video with the camera on his 3DS. This time he recorded himself building a LEGO firetruck kit he got for Christmas.

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3D Printed Action Figure

Posted on January 27, 2015 by joel

I recently printed this poseable action figure, which now holds my mechanical pencil at the ready. The design came from Thingiverse. She (at least she looks like a "she" to me) stands about a foot tall.

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Sean’s 8-Bit LEGO Creations

Posted on January 27, 2015 by joel
Sean built all three of these LEGO creations. From left to right they are Pikachu, Burger Mario, and Link.


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Sean’s Stop-Motion Studio

Posted on January 24, 2015 by joel
Sean has been making stop-motion videos with his LEGO and the camera on his 3DS. Check it out!

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Just a Bit of Foolishness

Posted on January 13, 2015 by joel
Used the laser engraver to put this on the inside cover of one of my work notebooks. Anybody recognize the quote?


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Bench Power Supply

Posted on January 13, 2015 by joel

I built a bench power supply from an old AT computer power supply I had laying around in the attic. I also made a custom enclosure for it. I let Sean pick what we would use to decorate the front of the supply - he chose Pikachu. The front panel was done on my laser engraver.

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Pooped After the Party

Posted on January 10, 2015 by joel

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Scenes from Sean’s 10th Birthday Party

Posted on January 10, 2015 by joel

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A Dog in a Basket

Posted on January 10, 2015 by joel
Somehow she's never tried this before, but the other day I found Sadie curled up in a laundry basket on top of a pile of towels and blankets. She's more or less a perfect fit!


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Desk Clock

Posted on January 10, 2015 by joel
I converted that Christmas countdown clock into a desk clock for my desk at work. The enclosure is made of some scraps of black walnut that I had laying around that were too small to make anything with, but too pretty to throw away. I also included a photo of the guts of the thing for the geeks among you.


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