I picked up a film camera a few years back from a vendor at the MIT SwapFest, a collection of very colorful folks in beat up minivans selling all sorts of things out of a parking garage in Kendall Square. It was a Kodak 1A from the late 1920s - pretty, but also pretty common, … Continue reading A 115 Year Glow-Up
Category: crafts/fun
Brightening my DayLilies
April was a tricky month. Formlabs is bustling; we announced a big new product to the world and now the days are spent on the final tweaks to get it into our customer's hands. And what is my role in all of this? I am, well, focused on growing some vegetables in our still-too-short New … Continue reading Brightening my DayLilies
Hello, Again
...well, how was that for a cliffhanger? It wasn't exactly a riveting story, I agree. It's been a year and a half, plus or minus, since I left my story hanging here. I had to ask out of curiosity - Google tells me that I haven't posted or given any sort of update in exactly … Continue reading Hello, Again
Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form
As an outdoors enthusiast, I'm pretty fond of topographic maps. I can't explain it, I just like how they look! A while ago, I came up with a creative technique of translating one of these maps into a 3D model, and produced a map of Mt. Ranier in Washington made of foam, lasercut into the … Continue reading Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form