Projects

Projects that I’m doing

Yo Estoy Phone killer

Gone Bad, Projects

So while trying to fix my phone from the last time I killed it I’ve made things worse. First I got a loaner phone that was pretty good so it distracted me from fixing my 8125 quickly. So I decided to paint the 8125 and make it cooler. I’ve modded controllers so I thought that I might be good at painting small plastic parts… turns out phones are slick… and painted with some kind of teflon. So the paint turned out to be a minor disaster. Well at least the phone works right… well, no. The screen works… which was the problem in the first place, but not the keyboard dosent work right and the earpiece is broken. So I can only use it on speakerphone… then while trying to fix that I broke off the usb connector, so I can’t charge it.

I’m pretty sure I’m just going to buy a new phone, I might still try to fix this one, I don’t like to give up on projects. I was thinking of fixing the treo 650 so that I would at least have a backup phone if when this happens again. But now I have doubts that will workout right, it did get run over by Laurel’s car. I think I need an indestructible phone. when I get a new one Im going to ge the biggest titanium case for it.

Depressing…

Later!

Beardination Jr.

Projects, Stuff and Things

Beardly Jr

Every year or so I decide it’s been long enough to try and grow a mustache again.  I think I have a long term memory problem, I know it’s not going to look good… But I do it anyway. I think what it really means is that I ‘m happy and don’t care how I look to other humans.
Although I think the “Great Hair Migration” that’s happening on my stomach and chest is also happening on a much smaller scale on my upper lip.  It’s almost like it’s one mustache now instead of two caterpillars running away from each other.  (I have my dad to thank for that). But I do like to have little projects to keep me busy… so here’s to experimental beard growning.

Cardboard Boat 2008

Projects, Stuff and Things

I’m tired of the Cardboard boat Regatta in Stafford not being run the way I think it should be. Not the logistics or the location, but mostly the prizes and marketing. Well… really I don’t care about the prizes, that’s not why we do it anyway. I care about having a good time and getting a good t-shirt. Jesse and I still wear out “CarRrRdboard” and “SCYC” shirts all the time. I think an event t-shirt should remind you of the good time you had, not that someone had to use iron on t-shirt transfers to make the prizes.

So I’m using the only strategy that I know. Just go ahead and do it and see what happens.

I’ve already made the logo for the Stafford Cardboard Yacht Club (SCYC) for 2008 (i might need to clean it up a little). Our slogan will be “Victory Through Corrugation” . I have a basic logo done for the entire event I just need to convert it to one color so it will be cheaper to print on shirts.

Here’s a link to the website I made for it. Gotta keep it quick and simple.

Cardboard Boat 2008

SCYC 2008CBB 2008 logo

Later!

Art-O-Matic

Art, Projects

So I took the plunge and signed up for Art-O-Matic this year. I really enjoyed going to it last year and I thought “Hey! I could do this” so I dropped the cash and signed up for some volenteer spots. Then I realized that the site selection date is in like 2 weeks, so I’d better have a good idea of what I’m going to show. So I went out to Home Depot and Michaels and spent too much money on supplies. Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with something. I went through my old sketchbooks, I think there’s enough unused ideas in there to put something interesting together.

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See you there!