So This Umbrella Walks Into A Bar...
We finally got that rain we’d been promised all week. This is the first time in nearly a decade I can remember there being a Spring in San Francisco. Rain showers, punctuated by the occasional rainbow have been a novelty here for a while. So it is somewhat amusing that I’ve spent the last week designing an umbrella completely impractical for such weather.
Making a Trapeze Bar, Part 3
Finished.
Recently, while watching me splice a thimble for the 2nd time, a friend of mine made the observation that a trapeze bar is made entirely of work… and a little bit of rope.
All Bikes Weigh 50 Pounds
I’m sitting at a cafe in the Dogpatch across from this beautiful, hand built bamboo bicycle. It’s interesting, people have been trying to improve the bicycle for over a century, usually to make it lighter.
A Simple Projector Mount
Yesterday, I used the excellent new welding facilities at TechShop SF to build a projector mount for my new projector. I wanted something that would easily allow me to maneuver the heavy projector while it stood perched atop a C-stand.
Making A Trapeze Bar, Part 2
It’s pretty clear to me now that this is becoming a circus blog. Not out of any grand desire to write about such things, but as a consequence of what holds my interest at present.