My site has recently moved hosting providers. This comes after 3-years at a perfectly good host, Hostinger. The problem is, the current business model for hosts goes something like this: “Get Started Today for Just $3/month (for the first year)”. Or, if you’re lucky, you might pay a bit more, Read more…
There’s a wall in our place where they installed all the breaker boxes. Makes for easy access, but it’s not exactly attractive. In fact, it looks a lot like the inside wall of a garage (which is what it likely was at one point). So, the notion I had was, Read more…
Back about three years ago, I printed and painted a version of a little robot called Eddie. You can read about it here. Sadly, in the move from our previous house to this one, poor Eddie got jostled about quite a bit and broke both his legs. Unfortunately, the resin Read more…
Prior to the Christmas Holiday last year (2023), I was noodling on something to make. At the same time, I was scrolling through some woodworking projects and I stumbled on the idea of an “Everyday Carry” Tray. Typically I only have a few things that I carry every day and Read more…
You know those days where you’re noodling about what you might make and it occurs to you that you don’t have a full-sized human skull and somehow that surprises you? It surprised me. So I made one. I poked around a bit and found a model that was sufficiently detailed. Read more…
This project also was kind of a spur of the moment thing. I was watching the new Fallout television show on Amazon Prime (which was very good!) and one of the main three characters eventually came into possession of one of the game’s iconic 10mm pistols. While the pistol is Read more…
I made a thing this week and thought I’d go ahead and write about this one because I think it’s fairly representative of how projects happen for me these days and how I go from idea or need and iterate through to a completed project. This is what works for Read more…
A few weeks ago, a mother reached out on behalf of her son who was working on a group project for school and wanted to create a prop bottle of nitroglycerin as part of the project. She asked if I would be willing to share the label that I made Read more…
I’m sure this happens to everyone. You are sitting alone, thinking thoughts or you are still in bed and your mind wanders and your mind says, “Hey! You know what you need? You need a life-sized bust of your head! That’s what you need. I will now harass you with Read more…
It turns out my brother is a big fan of Thor. Did not know this. But, that’s cool! It gave me an idea to do something unique for him for his birthday this year. So, I decided I was going to find and print and paint a nice Thor statue Read more…