Who thought it would take so much work to make nothing at all? http://www.cae2k.com/howto.html

Celebrate Improbability Day (10/10/10, or 101010, or 42, depending on how you look at it) by doing something improbable. I celebrated by waking up at 10:10:10, wearing a towel, and changing …

The talk went very well. There was much animated discussion, and electrical zapping was had by all. Thank you Ada’s for having me, and thanks to everyone who came out!

I’m very excited to be speaking at Ada’s Technical Books on Capitol Hill this Sunday 9/19, from 4:00-6:00pm. I’ll show some nice photos of wireless projects in Africa and Italy, followed by some …

My buddy yoyojedi got quite the score at the last U.W. public auction: a 35 liter dewar, for only $150! The folks at Central Welding (our preferred purveyors of liquid nitrogen) had never seen one so …

Here is the classic Google Tech Talk from Robert Bussard (yes, the ramjet guy). In it he talks about a design for a novel fusion reactor he developed for the DoD over the course of eleven years. He wa…

We built a server / laser cutter room to contain the noise. Watch us build it in 45 seconds! Highlights: 04:27:46 PM: My first powder driven nail shot with Thor’s Amazing Wham Hammer (thx, 3ric) …

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Thanks to help and instigation from 3ric, Ian, and Sirus, the go-kart is up and running. Not autonomous yet, but it does make the morning coffee run a lot more fun. (Flickr set)