Year: 2015

LEGO Darth Vader

Just another bit of 3D-printed silliness - this design also came from Thingiverse. He stands about six inches tall, and his arms and legs move just like a real LEGO minifig. I still need to make him a felt cape, but he looks pretty good even without it.

Color Organ

Started experimenting with the Adafruit Trinket, and their RGB Neopixels. I'm starting with one of their example projects - a color organ using a Trinket, a few Neopixels, and a small microphone with integrated AGC. Once it's working, I think I may put it inside the Pandora radio to add a little bling to that project.


Bookcase

I built another bookcase to go under my electronics workbench, in order to get some stuff off the bench and out of my way. I will probably end up building one more to go to the left of the corner bookcase, so that I can move the rest of my "how-to" book collection down to the "lab".


Enjoying the Snow

After hours of shoveling (and it's still snowing, so I'm sure I'll have to go back out there at some point) Lori, the kids, the dog, and I all went for a snowy trek in the woods out back. All we could see of the dog was her nose and her tail, but she was having the time of her life.

3D Printed Action Figure

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.