We put together another toy robot. Looking for a good design that we can quickly make a few of… Like it?
Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category
New EZM500 (prototype)
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged EZM, EzMobile, Kids, Toys, Wooden Toys on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Designing a better Lime Squeezer
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Science, Technique, tagged Juicer, Lemon Juice, Lime, Lime Squeezer, Maple, Mechanisms, Party, Stainless Steel on July 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time we host a get-together or party where we feature fresh squeezed limeade as the main beverage. We have universally heard 5-star feedback from people who have had this simple but good drink. The problem is, squeezing enough limes for a party of 60+ people takes a lot of time (and limes). [...]
(Ezra) making a wooden box
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged Box, Clamps, Drill, Goggles, Kids, Nails, Plywood, Wooden Box, Workshop on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ezra brought me a piece of plywood today with pencil marks drawn all over it. That is where he wanted it cut. So I ripped it on the table saw and cross cut it on the compound mitre saw… I gave him a little help laying this out, showed him how to clamp it, and then [...]
Black and White vs. Color (A buck in the woods)
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Nature, Photography, tagged Black and White, Buck, Color, Creek, Deer, Ferns, Kettle Road, Photography, Stream, Woods on July 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was driving up our raised driveway and Ezra exclaimed “There is a DEER!”. We’ve been seeing quite a few deer (both buck and doe) around the creek recently. Take a close look at the first photo and see if you can spot him? Then take a look at the exact same photo in color. Amazing.
Macro photo of Tape Measure on Roof
Posted in Interesting, Photography, Projects, tagged Asphalt Roof, Boot, Macro Photography, Tape Measure on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A closeup of a tape measure on shingles.
Two birds and an egg
Posted in Interesting, Nature, Photography, Science on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been watching this bird’s nest for some time in our shed which is in construction. The mother, would always fly around the clearing watching and waiting… Maybe having a panic attack? The little ones finally came. Sadly, the third egg never hatched. A few days later, the nest was empty (except the 1 egg). Little [...]
Life Flight Helicopter under the Evening Sky
Posted in Interesting, Nature, Photography, tagged Evening, Life Flight, Photography, Shutter Speed, Sky on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was impressed by the shutter speed on my Droid X to capture the rotors with such clarity. On the flip side, here is an untouched photograph of Ezra that I took just by rotating the Droid X as the picture was taken. This was in the evening, less light on the ground. Apparently [...]
Ice and Salt is Very Cold
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Science, tagged Cold, Ice, Ice Cream, Melting, Salt, Salt + Ice, Science on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We had a bowl of ice the other day for some reason. We also had some salt for some reason. Maybe we were making ice cream? In any event, we thought it would be neat to see how cold it actually is (because it feels really, REALLY cold). Salt + Ice = Cold Here are [...]
1,000 Sparklers — at once!
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Science, tagged Fireworks, Fun, Heat, Sparklers on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sparklers are fun, right? Well, if you multiply that fun times 1,000 in a pile, then it gets really fun, and hot, and somewhat dangerous. From my observations, sparkelrs burn much faster when grouped together. If a normal sparker takes 60 seconds to burn, 1,000 of them might take 6 seconds to mostly burn. This [...]
