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.
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
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.
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
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 [...]
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 [...]
In: Art, Must Experience
Day Off today. 75°F! Progress on the Mask, finally.
http://marblemarble.blogspot.com/2008/11/progress.html
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
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!
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.
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 [...]
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
Three Hours that will Change America
A view from my desktop over the last three hours: