To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. —Unknown
Stupid
“Incubation is a business of stupidity. If we don’t feel stupid, we’re not pushing ourselves hard enough.” —Alex Kipman, leader of Microsoft’s Project Natal
[via Wired]
…the pleasure of being …
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
—Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3
Invisible, Diamond Sword for Kids
Invisible, Diamond Sword for Kids
I made an Invisible, Diamond Sword for my 4-year old from clear packing tape. It’s pretty close to invisible as we’ve lost it a few times laying in the open. He really digs it. He woke up asking for it the next morning.
Axiom #2
Axiom #2: Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense. —Eugene H. Spafford
Tender Years Yucaipa High School Prom 1986
I hope they had a nice brandy for the Seniors!
Are brandy snifters really appropriate for Prom? =)
$20 Projector Screen
Blackout cloth is used to line curtains to block the light so you can sleep in on a sunny morning. Blackout cloth is white or cream colored; it’s not black like you might assume.
A friend had cautioned me about being sure to not get anything translucent as he had some strange effects from his screen where the image was reflecting from the wall and back through his screen. Even without that, any light that penetrates the screen is not coming back to the viewer and is wasted.
I beamed the largest in focus image I could on my wall and measured. I got 8 feet of blackout cloth (it’s was 54 inches wide), three 8 foot 1x4s and a 2×4 foot piece of light plywood.
The plywood was cut into four triangles. The 1×4′s were cut so they fit together to match my measurements and screwed together in a rectangle using the plywood triangles on the corners.
I spread the fabric out on a clean surface, coated side down and carefully lay the 1×4 frame on top of it. I wrapped the fabric over the frame, stapled it to the wood and trimmed the surplus fabric. To mount the result to the wall I used small angle brackets; they were screwed into the wall in line with the top and bottom of the screen, then I slid the screen in between them and screwed directly into the top and bottom of the screen so the brackets were concealed.
I’m very pleased with the results.
Halloween Dinner