July 2010
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Test of the white and blue LEDS running on a hacked xbee knockoff called the RFbee (hacking a hack) and results are good. It has a TI RF chip in it, and an ATMega168 with a programming port. SO, I built a proper AVR programmer today, which makes life a LOT easier. For those of you who program Arduinos, you know all about the boot loader and how to brick your atmel chips - No bootloader on these...
June 2010
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Yes that's me in the New York magazine Fashion... →
In an article entitled Donna Karan Design Philosophy: ‘If I Can’t Make Love in It, I Am Not Interested’ no less, and here’s me and Jon, in our matching Pop’s Popular Clothing tee shirts. Sometimes we call each other in the morning to make sure we match. OK actually, this is all because William lured Wendy Goodman in to the shop to show off the furniture that he, Mike and David have...
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Making of the main seat plate of the “Insect Chair” by Pigeontail. Material is reclaimed afromosia wood, cutting on the CNC router here at the lab. CNC router running at 250 IPM using a 1/2” solid carbide down cut bit. The wood is reclaimed. Everything was going great until we encountered a drywall screw in the wood (a risk you take with reclaimed lumber) and roached a $76 cutter. Oh...