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The White House
This week has been pretty unbelievable: I was invited to the White House, to meet President Obama. That's right. The White House, the President of the United States of America.
In an official proclamation the President declared the 18th of June, 2014 to be the national Day of Making to encourage invention, innovation, and hopefully the economic ( Read more... ) -
Maker Faire 2014
The Maker Faire 2014 has come to a close. Although undoubtedly very busy, my month of work-like-hell preparations prior to the fair made this the least stressful event yet.
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Zzzzzap!
I'm feeling a bit stupid at the moment - yesterday I had my first mains electric shock (230 Volts over here ( Read more... ) -
Manchester Furmeet
I went to my first Manchester Furmeet at the weekend, along with Chris Horsie and Taisenki. It was good fun ( Read more... ) -
Dog Sick Slime Mould
I went for a walk in the field and found this strange deposit clinging half way up some blades of grass. The picture says it all - a strange white cellular substance, with open cells rather than bubbles like you'd get with cuckoo spit. It was wet to the touch. I took a photo and asked my friend Chiron for assistance in identifying it. Although ( Read more... ) -
New Fursuit Tail
I made myself a new fursuit tail!
It's basically the same as the old one, except I removed the curve from the top because that made it stick out too far. The big difference is that this one is sewn together whereas the first one I made had the fur glued onto a foam core.
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Zebra Herd Meeting 2013
Our little UK zebra herd had its second meeting this week as Squally, Chiron, and Chiron's bf Wuffle (non-zebra!) came to visit me ( Read more... ) -
Saw Blade Clock
I had an old and rusted circular saw blade lying around, so I turned it into a clock!
The movement was only £2 from eBay, plus one large washer in the middle to hold it together.
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The illusion of safety
I bought some LED floodlights, and before I put them up I cracked them open - partly out of curiosity and partly to seal the joints with silicone sealant to help keep the rain out. One thing jumped out at me when I opened them though...
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Crafted a Slide Holder
My herdmate Chiron has been making microscope slides recently. They were scattered all over his desk while he was processing them so he asked me if I could put together a holder for them. This is what I came up with, and I'm pretty pleased with it. It gave me a chance to use my fancy new power tools ( Read more... )