Things have slowed to a crawl here in the Collective household. Things were picking up steam; it was the beginning of the fall semester - which means an influx of students coming to see me, and I picked up two classes of my own - and along with the usual pickup in pace I had started going on a few job interviews to see if I could land a full-time ( Read more... )

So, mama kitty has a name now: Dusty. And she’s been officially adopted by us! She was given a clean bill of health by the vet and after a round of vaccinations she’s been cleared to interact with the boys. Dusty & baby kitten spent a week quarantined in hubby’s office while we waited for the all-clear from the vet, and after that we slowly started ( Read more... )

Read that title again. Really read that title. 24 inches. Twenty-four. Two feet. That’s as tall as a barstool. As wide as your average countertop. That’s the size of some computer monitors. So take a moment and think about what 24″ inches really is.

And then realise that yesterday morning, at 10:30 AM, I went into the hair salon for the first time ( Read more... )

In my neighbourhood, there are a lot of stray, abandoned, and feral cats wandering around. I also live on a street that has many people that adore cats. My next-door neighbour (we’ll call him Jim) has quite a few cats, most of them rescued from the neighbourhood. For example, take last summer: there was a sweet newcomer stray that my neighbour and ( Read more... )

So, I’ve been quiet lately. Not because anything’s gone terribly wrong, but more because things have been going spectacularly right. All the equipment from the fire has been repaired and replaced, so things are getting back to normal. The days have been incredibly hot here, and we’re in the middle of another heatwave. So the days have been rather ( Read more... )

About a year ago, I started a project to make a multi-touch table. It used a short-throw projector and some mirrors, IR LEDs, modified cameras, and specialised software. Once I made the proof-of-concept, it sat in our living room for four months while I was in school. Since we weren’t doing anything with it, I tore it down and stowed the pieces.

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Just a quick scrap quilt to work through all the leftover fabric I have from other quilts. It’s a small lap quilt, meant for slightly chill spring and summer nights. It might end up as a kitty blanket if the cats like it enough (then again, doesn’t every blanket become a kitty blanket at some point in time?). I actually really like this design… I ( Read more... )

IKEA Craft Table


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