Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, and a New Career Path

Changes in Latitudes, Cha...

“It’s these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same With all of our running and all of our cunning If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane” Changes...

Fun with Christmas Lights: Our First Light-O-Rama Show

Fun with Christmas Lights...

Below are some videos from our first ever Christmas light show. After years of talking about it, we finally took the plunge into creating a computer-controlled Christmas light show....

Animatronic Skeleton

Animatronic Skeleton

For Halloween 2011 we built our first ever animatronic prop – a talking Skeleton. This was my first-ever use of servos for a project and I based my design on several I found on...

The Swing Straw: Hydration for Kids On the Go

The Swing Straw: Hydratio...

It has been very hot here in Texas the past few days. Though the weather has been brutal, we’ve still tried to spend time outside in evenings. Of course this presents a problem….how...

Workshop Design: Adventures with Google Sketchup

Workshop Design: Adventur...

Design of the new workshop is officially underway. I’ve spent the past few weeks working on the layout of the space. To create the layout, I used Google Sketchup, which is a free...

Fun with Balloon Animals

Fun with Balloon Animals

While Mia and I were eating dinner in Florida last week, a nice gentleman approached us and asked if he could make a balloon animal for Mia. I agreed and he made a cute balloon dog...

Unnatural desires…cowboy boots?

Unnatural desires...cowbo...

Photo by Flickr user Fran 53 So I have been having very unnatural desires recently. At least they are unnatural for someone like me… I have been thinking about buying a pair of...

Gone Fishing: Mia’s First Fish and Memories of My Dad

Gone Fishing: Mia's First...

As many of you know, my father passed away in March. It’s been a difficult month…I am mentally and physically exhausted. I’ve been to Florida twice over the past month...



The Swing Straw: Hydration for Kids On the Go

It has been very hot here in Texas the past few days. Though the weather has been brutal, we’ve still tried to spend time outside in evenings. Of course this presents a problem….how does one stay properly hydrated while playing in the Texas heat? Mia came up with a very clever solution for kids on the go, or at least for kids on a swing. While Nichole and I were working on our various projects, Mia put together The Swing Straw. She connected several straws and an old baby bottle so that she could sip water while swinging. Check out her invention below.

 

Jul 31 2011
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