Bishop’s Castle
Last weekend, at the suggestion of a friend, we drove down to Bishop’s Castle, which is about a 2½ hour drive from Colorado Springs. Bishop’s Castle was basically built by a single guy, named Jim Bishop, over the course of …
I guess winter is here
This is the view of our deck this morning. We have 5 foot drifts, although there’s really only about 2-3 inches of general accumulation. Oh, and the wind is 25-40 mph. Glad I don’t have to go anywhere today!
Waldo Waldo photos
The organizers of the Waldo Waldo 5K just released a huge group photo of the event on their site. The event raise over $140K for disaster relief, trails and open space maintenance, which is not too shabby. The picture on …
Adipose Rex
It’s been a while, but we finally did a new costume! This is Adipose Rex, (very loosely) based on the Doctor Who episode Partners in Crime, where the Doctor and Donna are investigating a weight loss program where the “fat …
3D Printed under-desk headphone holder
I recently found a 3D model on Thingiverse for an under-desk headphone holder. Unfortunately, it was for a 3/4″ desk, and my desk is 1″ thick, so I quickly threw together my own version in FreeCAD. I’ve uploaded it to …
MileHiCon 47
MileHiCon 47 is this weekend (October 23rd – 25, 2015) in Denver at the Hyatt Regency Hotel – Tech Center. MHC is a Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror/Science/Literary convention, and is probably the best convention in Colorado. There are usually dozens of authors …
Waldo 5K 2015
Yesterday (Saturday, October 18th, 2015) was the 2015 Waldo Canyon 5K run – a run to help fund recovery from the Waldo canyon fire of a few years ago. As you can probably tell, the official uniform of the run …
Floating ghost/alien
Since Halloween is getting close, I figured I would blog about the ghost we made last year (and are putting back up this year). Actually, you could make an argument for this being more of an alien than a ghost, …
3D Printed TARDIS
Although my general interest in 3D printing is based on designing my own models, I have printed a few pre-made models. This TARDIS model came from Thingiverse, and was created by a guy going by the name of Count Spatula! …
3D Printed Celtic Skull
Since Halloween is approaching, I figured i would try printing out a 3D skull. The model came from Thingiverse and was uploaded by 3DWP, which seems to be a 3D-printing company in the Netherlands. The skull is hollow, and has …