Sometimes I just feel compelled to share nonsense, random thoughts, and sometimes just stuff I want to save
I’ve been SOOO anxious to use my Cupcake again. The withdrawal symptoms have been insane. And the cool stuff on Thingiverse keeps rolling in. I swear, ever since I melted one of their servers, their service has been suuuuuhhhhhh-lloooooowwww.1
My new extruder board is set to arrive today… I can’t wait! I’ll have to find an excuse to leave work early…
“MakerBlock will double his nonsense output and become more incomprehensible every six months.”
Thanks Erik!
Edit: For those of you who don’t want to click through, Erik de Bruijn’s tweet was:
The amount of #RepRap news also appears to double every 6 months. It’s becoming hard to follow even a good portion of it, @makerblock! ;)
Hey, Erik – if you think it’s hard following even a good portion of RepRap news, try following the bad portion of it here!
Wakka wakka wakka! 1 I’ll be here all week – try the veal!
So, just ignore these links to awesome:
It’s really that I enjoyed these links and find this a more interesting place to bookmark them. :)
I don’t know what the deal with NPR is, but they’ve been giving a lot of attention to the zombie apocalypse lately. I’m being totally serious.
Last Friday they interviewed someone with a book about math and the zombie apocalypse. A few days before that they had a bit about a course in zombie studies. Today I heard a caller on their morning call-in show ask a question about the zombie apocalypse. 1
What is it about zombies, apocalypses, or zombie apocalypses that has brought these issues to the forefront of NPR’s coverage?
Halloween? Full moons? The recent Resident Evil movie?
This morning MakerBot tweeted:
Last week we launched the MakerBot Automated Build Platform and the MakerBot Cyclops 3D Scanner and this week we’ve got more to launch!
Uh, let me guess guys – this week you will launch an announcement announcing the launching of a MakerBot Cyclops Automated MK37 3D Build Plastruder Platform Scanner DIY kit. 1
This just isn’t fair. I’m still enjoying my Plastruder MK5 and looking forward to automated building. Just because Christmas is a lot of fun doesn’t mean sixteen Christmases back to back are sixteen times better. 2 Besides, we’re in a recession hoping for an economic recovery – and here you are basically causing the financial ruin of Tony Buser. 3
You must already know by now that I am a fan of Doctor Who. I really wanted to build one as a kid – and had even heard the BBC had long ago published and gave away designs on how to make your own. Then, about a week ago I saw this blog post showing a form letter kid received from the BBC in the mid-eighties after inquiring about the plans. The letter from the Doctor Who Production Office politely and patiently explains the plans, originally released in 1973, included cost projections that were out of date. There’s a short disclaimer saying the kid should not use it for commercial purposes, etc. And, they close with an apologetic not saying they are unable to assist with finding suppliers.
Yesterday morning another blog post went up linking to the actual plans themselves! There’s also a link to Project Dalek – a fan site for people who share information about the Daleks they are building.
Edit: Each page of the plans are scanned and online as separate GIFs, one set as black and white and the other set as grayscale. I’ve zipped the scans and turned each set into a separate PDF. I’ll upload them shortly.
I saw a shirt today that had three words I found very intriguing. Zombie, apocalpyse, and homeschool. The woman wearing the shirt was gone before I could get a good look, so I may never know.
I now fear what will happen to this child of the traditional educational school system on the day of the zombie apocalpyse.
If you’ve seen this shirt, please tell me what it says.
This idea had already occurred to me. It is just too evil to actually execute.
Axis of Awesome, indeed!
Update: Thanks bpijls!
