February 2012
12 posts
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Using the iPad as a Light Box
I can come up with some pretty neat tricks when I’m desperate.
The situation: my Art 120 class homework is due in the morning, I’m exhausted, and I don’t want to have to do too much work before passing out. The project: draw two eggs with a white sheet as a background, with the eggs taking up the majority of the space on a piece of 18” x 24” paper.
The technique:
Step 1: Arrange...
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A more personal Facebook
WARNING: long worded post about how Facebook should be. Although there are a lot of great ideas in here.
I’ve noticed that over the past few years Facebook has been getting far less personal. You now get this big activity stream, where you just see a name and a tiny picture of the person making a wall post and maybe a couple comments under it, over and over in a huge list. You don’t...
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Tumblr ate my long-winded post about basically nothing. No post for you, I guess.
January 2012
6 posts
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December 2011
4 posts
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K'NEX Laptop Stand
I have on my desk an M-Audio KeyStudio MIDI keyboard, along with my MacBook Pro and a keyboard and mouse. I wanted to build a laptop stand in the style of Griffin’s Elevator or the mStand, so that I can tuck my keyboard underneath my laptop, as well as raise the screen to a more comfortable viewing height. Looking around my garage for some materials to build something akin to this one, I...
November 2011
8 posts
Everyday Carry
I find it peculiar that so little thought is given to the things we carry with us every day.
Consider: do you know exactly what is in your wallet or purse right now? Does every single item have a purpose? Do you use each of those things (at least almost) every day? Does it all have a home, no matter where you are?
For instance: my keychain has seven items, including ring and carabiner, the...
October 2011
3 posts
September 2011
9 posts
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A Retrospective
I haven’t done much writing lately. Though that makes sense, the fall semester began just a couple weeks ago, and I still have my job (which is a Very Good Thing), and I’ve been hanging out with my core group of friends much more the last couple weeks.
So far, my semester has been going well. I’m taking three classes: health, English, and piano. English is highly entertaining,...
August 2011
20 posts
