Archive for November, 2008

Ponoko Project #3: Coasters

We’re on a roll now. This one will be made out of thick, dense, black felt.

Posted on 28-November-2008 at 15:10 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Ponoko Project: Round 2

The tolerance advice posted at ponoko.com doesn’t apply for all situations. It’s slightly off when dealing with very small inlays such as on my first project. They didn’t quite fit. After some careful caliper measurements, I’m trying again. This time with a a modified design and an inset/outset distance of 0.19mm.

Posted on 27-November-2008 at 10:14 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Who Are You and What did you Do with my Father?

Temporarily interrupting my self-imposed ban against discussing my personal life and family in this space, just now my delightful son Evan said “Who are you and what did you do with my Father?”  in response to my uncharacteristicly generous offer, “Clean up your room — spotless — and I’ll buy you a new copy of [...]

Posted on at 09:33 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Life

Must Experience: Gerb-o-Matic

New category for my diary: ‘Must Experience‘.  Sort of along the lines of those ’1000 places to see before you die’ memes.  On my next visit to NYC, I must take time to drop in and see Stephen Gerberich. Turned on to him by a recent RocketBoom video, Steve reminds me of my childhood joy with [...]

Posted on 22-November-2008 at 12:18 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Art, Must Experience

Day Off today. 75°F! Progress on the Mask, finally.

http://marblemarble.blogspot.com/2008/11/progress.html

Posted on 18-November-2008 at 21:39 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Art

XAML, WPF, Silverlight and GIS Visualization

With the recent posting of PDC 2008 videos, there’s a new wealth of information and downloads availble relating to map visualization with .NET and XAML. Drawing from my popular Map Visualization with WPF post, I am creating two new pages here on foolscap: 

XAML: all things XAML/WPF/Silverlight
GIS VIS: Mapping/Geodata Visualization APIs and Tools 

Posted on 16-November-2008 at 11:35 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design, Technology, Tools

Now, my Web is Truly World Wide.

On Monday, the Google Reader team announced automatic translation in Reader! Marilín Gonzalo, now I can fully enjoy your blog!

Posted on 13-November-2008 at 08:15 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Tools

This American Life

Long one of my favorite podcasts, the latest episode of This American Life we found especially gripping this morning. Particularly Act 2.

Posted on 10-November-2008 at 09:13 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Life

First Ponoko Project

Submitted my first design to Ponoko this weekend. It is a business card holder. Actually, two of them: one White with black inlay, the other a reverse. Notice the two logo cut-outs are different. The cut-outs in the upper instance are .2mm thinner than the official logo. The lower cut-outs are .2mm fatter. This is to [...]

Posted on 9-November-2008 at 12:25 by Douglas · Permalink · 4 Comments
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Three Hours that will Change America

A view from my desktop over the last three hours:

Posted on 4-November-2008 at 22:45 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Only in the USA