3DMG Props – Progress Report – 3/13
Over the past few days we have done the following: Made the nozzle – I just grabbed a piece of 3/4″ pine, drew a shape that looked good, cut it out ...
Category: Hobbies
Making 3DMG Props – The Beginning
What the heck is 3DMG you may ask? 3DMG stands for 3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear. Still in the dark? Both of my daughters are into Cosplay. What is Cosplay? Accor...
Pinball, Pinball, Pinball!
Two weeks ago I got an email from my brother-in-law telling me there were two pinball machines up for auction by the State of Minnesota. Last week I won the auc...
Fixing Up the Sky Jump Machine
Some friends of mine gave me a 1974 vintage Gottlieb Sky Jump pinball game a while ago. It was in pretty rough shape. I believe it spent quite a few years in so...
Climb Dance – Pikes Peak Rally Car Run
From BoingBoing comes this 1990 film of a Rally Car running up Pikes Peak.
Papercraft Pinhole Cameras
Corbis Stock Photography has created several papercraft pinhole cameras that you can download and make for FREE. They used some of their images for the artwork ...
Half Life 2 Walkthrough
I got the Orange Box a while ago and last night I was playing Half Life 2 and I got stuck. (It happens to the best of us.) So I went looking for a walk through....
Mashups, Mashups, Mashups
I do love the mashups. The Bootie Top Ten for July is finally out. Nothing outstanding on the first listen, but it’s still fun stuff. One of the songs in ...
Bootie Top Ten for June
The Bootie Top Ten Mashups for June have been released! And it’s a great collection this month! Favs from this month: Pretend We’re Alala (L7 vs. CS...
I (Heart) Orange Tools
CMT makes some nice tools. I have a pretty good collection of CMT router bits and I’m pretty happy with them. They have nice profiles and they cut really ...