Electronics Merit Badge: Kit from electronicsmb.com
I’m teaching the Electronics Merit badge for Troop 6 this summer. We will be building a kit from www.electronicsmb.com to meet the requirements. My son is part of the class… Read more »
Electronics Merit Badge: Class Night #2
This summer I’m teaching the Electronics Merit badge for Boy Scout Troop 6. The first night was almost all “book learning” with me standing in front of the group discussing… Read more »
Retro Arcade at The History Center
The “Retro Arcade” event at The History Center was a huge success – my family had a great time, as did the other FamiLAB members, their families, and the History… Read more »
Games People Play – Orange County Regional History Center and FamiLAB "Hands-On" Retro-Gaming Event
The Orange County Regional History Center is running an exhibit called “Games People Play – The Evolution of Video Games” from July through September. I’ve provided a few items from… Read more »
Determination: Required Trait for 3D Printer Owners
After my meltdown earlier in the week, I borrowed ANOTHER hot end, and this time, did some printing! Of course, RepSnapper died about 20% through the print, so I didn’t… Read more »
New Kitteh
Apparently the chaos knob in our household wasn’t quite to 11 yet. My soft-hearted wife (don’t let that tough girl exterior fool you…) brought home a new kitten this week…. Read more »
Living on "The Melting Edge"
Notice anything wrong with these pictures?? So far my RepRap experience is – receive parts, assemble parts, break parts, order more parts, repeat… Tonight, from the time I opened the… Read more »
8-bit Nostalgia
In 2005, I was looking for new ways to get my team at work to embrace their inner geeks – and I remembered how fondly people talked about their first… Read more »
Solar Powered Camping – Lessons Learned
Lessons learned from the Solar Powered Camping project Constraints help!: It needs to power a tent fan for a few hours a night (all night would be GREAT, but a… Read more »
Solar Powered Camping – Setup & Teardown Process
Basic setup & teardown instructions for the Solar Powered Camping Project… A pile of parts! Drive in the bottom post (has pointed tip) Push in the top of the post… Read more »