Here’s a quick time lapse video I shot the other night. We had a “Lego night” at my house with some friends. Each person built something for 20 minutes, then we passed the models to the right and built for another 20 minutes, etc. We’ve done a couple of these type nights, and it’s always Read More >>
Some friends and I decided to run a Tough Mudder a while back. We wanted to make some cheap and easy shirts to represent our team “Department of Redundancy Department” so we got some cheap shirts from Amazon and printed them ourselves. Here’s how we did it! There may be more effective way to print Read More >>
My wife, myself and some friends ran a Tough Mudder this weekend in Florida, and it was a lot of fun! (It was also a great excuse for me to get a GoPro camera) This is the first of several videos I have planned for the blog, and the first “adventure” to share outside of Read More >>
After the cutting and building in Part 1, I was ready to start assembling the main structure of the bed. The only difficult part of this was managing the weight of the pieces, luckily, my Dad was still visiting and helped me hold things in place. We built a second jig, matching the one that Read More >>
We have 4 kids and 4 bedrooms. One of those rooms is for Mommy and Daddy, one is for our daughter, and one is a guest room. So, the 4th bedroom will eventually house 3 boys (I could almost hear you gasp…) Right now, my older two sons (5 1/2 and 2 1/2 years) are sharing it, and my youngest (4 months) won’t move in there for quite a while. We’ve known for a while that bunk beds were in our future, and in my normal style, I wanted to make them rather than buy them. I’ve spent months thinking, researching and looking for inspiration, but after my youngest was born, I thought it was time to really get the project in motion. Read More >>
My kids LOVE animals, and we try to encourage that love in any way that we can. We’ve got multiple aquariums, multiple dogs, multiple cats… you get the point. Our neighborhood has a ton of trees, so we also have a lot of birds, squirrels, and BATS! We can walk around a night and just see them buzzing overhead, it’s pretty awesome. Read More >>
I went for a run today. Running is great for me to process my backlog of thoughts. When I run, I’m free to think (which also takes my mind off of running.. neat.) I usually run through a few different neighborhoods that are close to my house. In these neighborhoods, I’ll occasionally pass another runner Read More >>
Yet another thing on my long, long “to do someday” list.. a COMPOSTER!! This has been one of those projects that I kept thinking was a good idea, but not a priority. Also, I didn’t have a great use for the soil that it would produce. Now that I’m being very intentional about this blog Read More >>
Our coat rack died. After years of service, it just gave in to the weight of coats and hats for 4 kids and 2 adults (and countless visitors). RIP coat rack.. you were handy. Anyway, moving on.. so, we needed a new coat rack recently, and I set out to build one. On a Read More >>
For years now, SketchUp has been an item on one of my lists, specifically the (VERY LONG) “Things to learn eventually” list. It’s been on that list because, although several people have told me how great and simple it was, I’ve never had a great need for 3d modeling things. My art school days taught Read More >>