#Video
108 posts2024 Year in review - Movies and TV Reviews
2024 year end Movies and TV Reviews
Read postDodecahedron PCB Retrospective
Retrospective of the dodecahedron polyhedron lamp
Read post2023 Year in review - Movies and TV Reviews
2023 year end Movies and TV Reviews
Read postIdea 100 - Lavender Farm
Plans for a Gulf Islands lavender farm with distillery, beehives, chickens, and a hillside field for retirement.
Read postIdea 095a - Light Graffiti Projector
Cheap and easy way of projecting a message onto a building
Read postIdea 095b - Dot Matrix water printer bike carriage
A horizontal matrix of 16 water nozzles in a grid on bike carriage to draw with water on the sidewalk
Read postIdea 093 - Video Quotes and Truisms
A video series of puppets saying common quotes and truisms
Read postIdea 090 - Dead Bug electronic circuits jigs
Create a series of 3D printed jigs for making exploded electronic circuits without PCBs
Read postIdea 083 - Dried flower art installation
A staircase tunnel of glowing dried flowers in shards of glass
Read postIdea 082 - Classic video games maps posters
A poster of level maps for classic 80s and 90s video games nostalgia
Read postIdea 066 - Tilt Pacman
Use a accelerometer to control pacman on a LED Matrix
Read postIdea 057 - Movie Mogul Mania
A fantasy movie league where players draft actors and films to earn points based on award nominations and wins, box office sales, and other movie statistics
Read postIdea 056 - Great people make great movies
A movie recommendation site based on the people who work on movies
Read postIdea 055 - Truchet tessellating bathroom tiles
Elevate your bathroom or kitchen with unique and meaningful ceramic tiles inspired by mathematical shapes and designs that are both visually stunning and tell a story
Read postIdea 051 - Enigma machine kit
Recreate the German Enigma machine cipher device as a kit using PCBs
Read postIdea 046 - Cherry Blossom Timelapse
Take several time lapse videos of the Cherry Blossom park while its blooming
Read postIdea 009 - Princess Peach castle stained glass window
Before the Mario movie release date, create a replica of the Princess Peach castle stained glass window using the digital stained glass method
Read postIdea 007 - Emoji Macro Pad Keyboard
A macro pad keyboard with most commonly used Emoji as key caps for quick access when you want to respond to a message with an iconography.
Read postIdea 002 - Keyboard Flute
An electronic flute PCB the size of a ruler with hot-swappable keyboard switches, a MEMS mic for breath control, and an ESP32.
Read postYear in review 2022
2022 year end review.
Read postYear in review 2021
Year in review 2021: 31,893 bird photos, 363 species, moving from Vancouver to Burnaby, and a year of working from home stats.
Read postFebruary 2020 brain dump
February 2020 brain dump: pocket operator pinouts, CNC squid kits, maze dice sculptures, photo ideas, and the Hub16 macro pad.
Read postJanuary 2020 brain dump
January 2020 brain dump: links on polyhedra, plotter art, LED lava lamps, capacitive touch PCBs, and tools for makers.
Read postTrip to Shenzhen 2018
Two days at the Huaqiang Road markets in Shenzhen and the pile of LED strips, switches, and Pi cases I came back with.
Read postNov 2018 brain dump
November 2018 bookmarks on Wobble Garden, PCB art, SI playing cards, sand tables, and Islamic geometric design books.
Read postJanuary 2018 brain dump
Notes on dropping Evernote for are.na, TeamViewer alternatives, blockchain art, the Ice Cold Beer game, and a pile of bookmarks.
Read postNotes from May 2017
May 2017 links: ESP32 sniffers, a giant laser-cut Bulbasaur, an 8-bit computer from scratch, Big Poop Data, and the BLACK 2.0 paint.
Read postNotes from March 2017
March 2017 links: a laser kaleidoscope, Lixie nixie alternatives, Vancouver crime maps, Eruv wires above Manhattan, and PBF comics.
Read postESP8266 Tips
Working notes on the ESP8266: useful libraries, debugging the Arduino core, taming the 300mA current spikes, and deep sleep gotchas.
Read postNotes from February 2017
February 2017 links: laser-cut art from 1000 Errors, paper beetle kits, Mongoose OS, the USB Killer V3, and the CIA cartography map drops.
Read postNovember 2016 interesting link dump
November 2016 link dump: open source car control, ESP8266 MQTT LED controllers, the Maslow CNC, Boldport, and the poop emoji oral history.
Read postMust see movies
My running list of must-see movies from Mad Max Fury Road back through Spirited Away, Memento, and Cube, with short notes on each.
Read postDay 80 - Double 3D printed horn
Double 3D printed unicorn horns with glowing LEDs, built at VHS for a Burning Man costume.
Read postDay 45 - LED strip test
A short test video of an LED strip running animations for the Pocket Universe dome.
Read postDay 42 - All pixel build day
Built the AllPixel LED driver kit from Maniacal Labs to drive all the LEDs on the Pocket Universe dome.
Read postDay 39 - Inside of the dome
Inside the Pocket Universe dome: 3200 WS2810 LEDs across 10 networked Arduinos, with sound and buttons still to wire.
Read postDay 28 - Hexagon Star CNC Panel
First CNC-cut hexagon star panel for the Pocket Universe dome, after a full day of fighting design issues at Maker Labs.
Read postLaser cut Frabjous
A laser-cut Frabjous sculpture by George W. Hart, scaled from 4mm to 6mm birch and given to my mother for Christmas.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Time Lapes
Time-lapse video of the Giant Claw Game being assembled at VHS.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - It Moves !
Video clip of the Giant Claw Game cart finally driving across the XY table under power.
Read postUsing a Raspberry PI with a webcam to make time lapse videos.
Bash script for a Raspberry Pi and a cheap USB webcam that grabs a timestamped JPEG every ten seconds for time lapse.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Vancouver Maker Faire 2013 project
Kicking off a giant claw crane game for Vancouver Maker Faire 2013, with research notes on cable rigs and XY tables.
Read postThe Noun Project - Laser cutter Tips, tricks and resources
Using Noun Project icons as a source for laser-cut pendants, engravings, and geocoin designs.
Read postWhy I hate TeamViewer
Why I stopped paying for TeamViewer after version 6 was bricked by forced upgrades, and what I switched to.
Read postMaking of Timelapes - Tender Threads €” Bloodshots Canada 2012
Timelapse of building the puppets and sets for our Tender Threads entry in Bloodshots Canada 2012.
Read postTender Threads -- Bloodshots Canada 2012
Team Failure's puppet horror short Tender Threads, made in 48 hours for the Bloodshots Canada 2012 competition.
Read postThe last batch of GeoCoins
The final batch of laser-cut wooden geocoins for the New York trip, plus a printed Nautilus Gear from Thingiverse.
Read postI like the weird
Two Burning Man videos I keep coming back to, Hula Cam 2012 and Home from 2011.
Read postLEGO 3D Milling Machine - 3D Printer
A 3D milling machine built entirely out of LEGO.
Read postMaking a Gear Heart
An eight-hour MakerBot print of a multi-gear heart for a friend's birthday, made at Vancouver Hackspace.
Read postVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
Notes from Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011: sign posts, a spin-art box, the milk jug dragon, and the Mondo Spider.
Read postHow to be distracted
A play-by-play of how one Facebook reply, a Wikipedia rabbit hole, and a game of Winbolo killed an entire day.
Read postDriving from Vancouver to Burningman 2011
A Canon S90 timelapse of the drive from Vancouver to Burning Man 2011, one frame every 60 seconds.
Read postOffice Parkour and ZombinLaden
Three short videos worth watching: Biting Elbows office parkour, ZombinLaden, and the Daffy Duck Wizard short.
Read postVancouver Mini Make Faire 2011 - Timelaps
A one-frame-per-minute timelapse of Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011 shot on a Canon S90.
Read postMore burning man 2011 videos
A roundup of Burning Man 2011 videos from around the playa.
Read postBurning Man 2011 - Rites of Passage
Recap of Burning Man 2011 with favourite installations Charon's rowing skeletons and El Pulpo Mechanico.
Read postGOLD, lighting project.
Note on Evan Roth's Gold project, which lights up holes drilled into acrylic by reflecting light through the sheet.
Read postDog and Helium Voice - Terrifying
A short video post of a dog with a helium voice, which sounds terrifying.
Read postDrawing with water and ink
Idea for a short story narrated over footage of ink swirling through water.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - LED test 3
A second RGB LED test with 2-pin screw terminals between each OctoBrite CYANEA board, much more reliable.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - LED test
Video of five OctoBrite CYANEA boards wire-wrapped in series and driven by an Arduino off a PC power supply.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Research other peoples projects.
Research notes on other POV display projects that influenced the RGB LED globe build.
Read postUnpossible
Sharing Robin King's short film Unpossible, where a paranoid inventor guards a time machine and has to use it when things go wrong.
Read postSuper Happy Hacker House 0E
An invite to Super Happy Hacker House 0E at Vancouver Hack Space on March 19, with lightning talks and project bring-alongs.
Read postOne Minute Puberty
Sharing the short animated film One Minute Puberty by bitteschoen.tv on Vimeo.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Research
Research notes for a 64 RGB LED persistence-of-vision globe big enough to stand inside, with shift registers and motor planning.
Read postSuper Happy Crafter House 1.0
A short time-lapse from Super Happy Crafter House 1.0, an open night for sewing, papercraft, soldering, and felting at VHS.
Read postStatus update Feb 15
Mid-February update: Ray Gun Revival launched, a Maker Faire spin-art rig in planning, and the outdoor sensor logging sunrises.
Read postWhat I have been up to in January 2011
January 2011 status: a PhoneGap happiness survey, a Peak radio commercial cut from scraped song lyrics, and launching Ray Gun Revival.
Read postMeouloaf -- Bloodshots 2010
Meouloaf, a short horror film shot in 48 hours with friends for the Bloodshots 2010 competition.
Read postLight painting with Processing
A two-hour Processing.org sketch that does live light painting with a webcam, built for SHHH10 binary beers night.
Read postThe Movies
Drinking rules for The Boondock Saints, Big Lebowski, Star Wars, Walker Texas Ranger, and other movies worth watching twice.
Read postWeird Al Yankovic - Our Friend Dirt
Weird Al Yankovic's Our Friend Dirt, because dirt is dirty.
Read postVPSN Stick it to the Streets, Vancouver Car free day 2010
Notes on VPSN's Stick It to the Streets, the East Van Chili Cook Off, and a timelapse from Vancouver Car Free Day 2010.
Read postInteresting Friday
Friday roundup of Vancouver events, science talks, an Arduino-Android toolkit, and other links from the week.
Read postMear One Light Graffiti - Emily Wells
Frame-by-frame light graffiti video with Mear One shot at 30 seconds per image, scored by Emily Wells.
Read postAutonomous Quadrotor
Video of an autonomous quadrotor flying on its own.
Read postSuper Mario Medley by Tasty Animals
Tasty Animals playing a Super Mario medley at Nyala Restaurant in Vancouver, February 2010.
Read postArduino Robots
Notes on dusting off an Arduino, bolting an Adafruit motor shield to an old RC car, and getting it driving under code.
Read postAnti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement = BAD
A 2008 rant against ACTA and what it would mean for Canadian travellers, ripped CDs, and border laptop searches.
Read postBar Tricks
Pointers to a Wired wiki of bar bet tricks and a video of 1000 ways to open a beer bottle.
Read postCoyote catches the road runner
A clip where Wile E. Coyote finally catches the Road Runner.
Read postHow to beat 9 grandmasters at once
A video on the trick for playing nine chess grandmasters simultaneously and not losing.
Read postThe Internet Stars Are Viral
A viral video about viral videos, cutting together the year's most-watched clips into one montage.
Read postThe zen of zombies
A short film of zombie hordes doing yoga in the park, made to promote Scott Kenemore's book The Zen of Zombie.
Read postLee Krasnow - Puzzle box maker
Lee Krasnow's Barcode Burr puzzle, a six-piece burr whose notches force the pieces to move in a strict binary sequence.
Read postSong at the end of Portal
The ending song from Portal, the black-humour puzzle game from Valve that I would happily replay tomorrow.
Read post5 Favorite Childhood Cartoons
My five favourite childhood cartoons: Tom & Jerry, Tiny Toon Adventures, DuckTales, Pinky and the Brain, Darkwing Duck.
Read postFan works of Mario
A small roundup of dark and weird Mario fan art and flash animations including Communist Mario and Burly Mario.
Read postMah Na Mah Na
Original Muppets Mah Na Mah Na clip plus a few World of Warcraft remixes pulled from YouTube.
Read postTwo foot James bond
A short video clip of a two-foot-nine James Bond impersonator, found via thevancouverite.com.
Read postThis Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-24
Weekly del.icio.us link dump covering Paint.NET, freebase pancake photos, a DIY Digg button, and Vancouver oddities.
Read postVIVO Media arts - upcoming workshops
Picks from VIVO Media Arts' upcoming workshop list: circuit bending, reverse animation, and digital photography.
Read postThou shall not
A pointer to the Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip track Thou Shalt Always Kill.
Read postThis Weeks Del.icio.us bookmarks 2007-04-17
Weekly del.icio.us bookmarks: a CSS optimiser, GVTV, Canada Post address rules, SIW, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Read postMy Ferrofluid Project
A failed attempt to build a Sachiko Kodama style ferrofluid sculpture with a 500lb electromagnet and a litre of fluid.
Read postKyle Cooper - Single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form
Kyle Cooper has directed over 150 film title sequences, including Se7en, The Mummy, and Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
Read postMark Jenkins - Plastic babies
Mark Jenkins makes cheap plastic babies from plastic wrap and clear tape, with ideas for turning them into LED-lit sculptures.
Read postStop motion drum and piano
A YouTube video by lassegg who hits each drum and piano note separately, then edits the clips into a song.
Read postBirdy Nam Nam
Birdy Nam Nam, four French DJs working eight turntables as actual musical instruments.
Read postThe Prestige (2006) - A beautifully crafted film
A 10 out of 10 review of The Prestige, the 2006 film about two Victorian-era magicians locked in a deadly rivalry.
Read postSnOil - A Physical Display Based on Ferrofluid
Martin Frey's SnOil, a playable Snake game built on a 144-magnet grid pushing ferrofluid around a tray.
Read postPaprika trailer
The trailer for Paprika, the 2007 anime about a dream detective who enters patients' dreams to find the source of their anxiety.
Read postKitchen diaries
A YouTube clip mixing beatboxing with cooking.
Read postGet a signed DVD of The Last Unicorn
Lionsgate's 25th anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn ships signed by author Peter S. Beagle on the disc, cover, and slipcase.
Read postBeatboxing flute inspector gadget remix
A YouTube clip of Greg Pattillo beatboxing the Inspector Gadget theme through a flute.
Read post2006 DESTINATION FUNNY SHORT FILM CONTEST
The 2006 Destination Funny Shorts contest accepts comedic films 3 to 15 minutes long for screening at the September 18 CanWest Comedyfest event.
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