While I’ve been waiting for parts to arrive for Elapse, I’ve decided to build a companion rig that can smoothly pan a camera over the course of hours (or days or weeks or whatever). I’ve nicknamed it Relapse because it’s a repeatable camera gimbal, building on the idea of Elapse. Here’s a quick idea… Read More: Relapse »
Shortly after I began building my clock, about a year ago, I got an insane job doing insane things for insane amounts of hours per week. Because I spend a lot of time on the road, I needed a more design-oriented project that I could bang out on my laptop for a long time without… Read More: Elapse »
Pretty soon after I wrote that last post, I got sent up north for work for a long while. Which is great, don’t get me wrong, I like money as much as the next guy. It really limits my ability to physically build, though. So I missed the contest entry deadline. Totally not surprised. I’d… Read More: Foiled Again »
As I sit here, riding shotgun in my work truck on the way to a job site, there is very little that I can do to be productive. I feel like I’m wasting my time. What I can do is set some final goals for my project, and also maybe do some some musing (in… Read More: Declarative Statement Goes Here »
Getting the time. Adhering to my “don’t buy anything” policy for this project, I’ll be using the 5V charger for my old Motorola Razr for power. I’ll have to open it up and find a stepped-down voltage that hasn’t been rectified yet. Then I can use divider chips that I have on hand to get… Read More: The Schematic »
Sometimes I build something because it’ll be a fun challenge, and sometimes I build something because I need a pretty clock. This is the latter of those two scenarios. This was inspired by a series of lights in Burnaby (on Moscrop near Willingdon) that seem to be lit by blue LEDs behind frosted glass.… Read More: The Premise »