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Yesterday, just as an experiment, I tried to blog all of my the MakerBot related ideas and reactions.  Here’s the result:

  1. Thank you MakerBot!!! [144 words]
    1. Thanking MakerBot for sending fluorescent red ABS and a spare parts kit along with my birthday order.
  2. Anticipation [140 words]
    1. Likening waiting on my application for the MakerBot blogger position to waiting for my grad school entrance results.
  3. MakerBlock’s MakerBot setup [376 words]
    1. Description of how my MakerBot is situated on a repurposed library card catalog.
  4. Why I want to work for MakerBot? [57 words]
    1. A few words about why I want to work for MakerBot.  I’m kicking myself for not including this bit in my application.  :/  Argh!
  5. Poll results so far [54 words]
    1. Of the poll respondents so far, one person wants MakerBot to hire me so that I will stop blogging so much.
  6. Plastruder MK5 plans released! [529 words]
    1. Thoughts on the new Plastruder MK5 plans – this was posted after someone noticed the MK5’s appearance in the photostream and wiki instructions, but a few hours before it was on their official blog or in the store.  Thus, some thing wondered about may not be accurate.  Fair warning.  Oh, and I included a picture of a Cyberman because Cybermen are cool.
  7. Plastruder MK5, now with 85% less heartache! [276 words]
    1. Don’t get me wrong – I love my Batch 9 ‘Bot.  However, the Plastruder MK4 has been challenging on occasion.  This is basically a list, with Beak90’s help, of all the problems the revamped Plastruder designs should resolve.
  8. Why should you buy a MakerBot sooner, rather than later? [280 words]
    1. I can see not jumping into a first generation hybrid car, digital camera, or MP3 player.1  When a product comes with such a clear2 upgrade path, nothing you invest in will ever be truly obsolete.
  9. Why Tweet? [64 words]
    1. When their slogan has to do with following others and having people follow you, “Bleeter” just makes more sense.  This post was inspired by my thinking about recent Twitter activity.  And, the only reason for my Twitter account and the people that I follow is because of my interest in MakerBot.
  10. MakerBot Business Idea #5 [237]
    1. I’ll cut to the chase here: The idea is to start a small scale small replacement/repair business and advertise at your local hardware store
  11. What’s the minimum cost to upgrade to a MK5 Plastruder? [95 words]
    1. Sourcing a minimum number of parts from MakerBot for the new MK5 Plastruder.  (Spoiler:  It looks like $106 in new parts.)  Guys, any chance we can see a Plastruder MK4 to MK5 upgrade kit?  I wouldn’t mind a MK4 to MK5 upgrade that excluded prior upgrades like the MK5 gear and relay board kit to reduce duplication for early adopters.  :)

2252 words blogged in one day – NaNoWriMo, here I come!

  1. I had to own the Rio PMP300 when it first came out in 1998!  And yet, I still have never owned an iPod or iPhone.  Go fig. [↩]
  2. And nigh inevitable [↩]