May 10th, 2008
This is a closeup of an Aztec calendar laser cut into a piece of wood using an Epilog Laser. The face in the middle is about 3/8" across. I got this sample at the NAMM show, but TechShop in Menlo Park has one of the machines that members can use. I definitely want to get up to speed on this tool – you can use it on anything (TechShop was demoing it with tortillas at Maker Faire).
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May 9th, 2008
I had oral surgery this morning, so I wrote off getting anything significant done today. I never saw “Lost,” so I spent most of the day starting from the beginning. Pretty fun, but I”m afraid to imagine how much surgery it would take for me to completely catch up.
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May 8th, 2008
Bayfront Park in Palo Alto is a converted landfill bordering the San Francisco Bay. This short walkway heads out into what I believe was once one of the salt ponds. Then it stops.
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May 7th, 2008
Today were the final presentations of our Carnegie Mellon ETC teams. I shot team photos of them each before the formal presentations.
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May 6th, 2008
No fancy photo today, I spent my photography time budget framing instead of shooting. This is one of the results – an 11″x14″ print of one of my Japanese Maple shots. I’m donating two prints to AACI for an auction fundraising event.
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May 5th, 2008
A detail from my Taylor guitar.
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May 4th, 2008
At the Maker Faire in San Mateo, an event that is part off-season warm up for Burning Man and all DIY’ers. The Flaming Lotus Girls do sculptures featuring lots of fire, but evidently you don’t have to be female to be one of the girls.
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May 3rd, 2008
Seen on the side of a building on Market Street in San Francisco. The sign to the right of Jesus is for Market Street Cinema, which is probably one reason that he’s pissed.
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May 2nd, 2008
I tried out Moo Cards. I got the basic set of 100, and used 24 different images for them, so I got 4 or 5 of each one. The back has my contact information, the title of the image and a copyright for the image.
The quality seems very good, and they’ll be a fun way to give out cards now. Two thumbs up.
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May 1st, 2008
Shane taught me this trick. It’s not as much fun as it looks!
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