We put together another toy robot. Looking for a good design that we can quickly make a few of… Like it?
Posts Tagged ‘Kids’
New EZM500 (prototype)
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged EZM, EzMobile, Kids, Toys, Wooden Toys on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
(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 [...]
Photo of Ezra with Fireworks, Smoke, and Flame at night
Posted in Fun, Photography, tagged Droid X, Fireworks, Kids, Night, Photograpyh, Sparklers on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I snapped this with my Droid X the other night.
Anna Throwing Rocks
Posted in Fun, Life, Nature, tagged Fun, Kids, Nature, Pond, Rocks on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Found a spring… dug a hole. Ultimate kid playground!
Making of the “Two Swan” puzzle
Posted in Artwork, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Technique, tagged Artwork, Glue, Home Made Puzzle, Kids, Mr. Puzzle, Painting, Projects, Puzzle on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I recently posted, Ezra and I used The Gimp to draw a picture of two birds (swans?) on the ocean. Our next step was to turn this into a puzzle for Mr. Puzzle (Ezra). – Holding the Ink Jet printout prior to gluing. Applying glue evenly to the board. Adhering the printed image to [...]
A drawing of two birds in the sea
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Photography, Technique, tagged Art, Birds, Drawing, Gimp, Kids, Sea, Sun, Swan on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ezra and I drew this using The Gimp. It would be fun to get a drawing tablet to mess around with (this was done with a mouse).
Panoramic of Winter Scene
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Life, Nature, Photography, Software, Technique, tagged Kids, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Panoramic, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Snow, Woods on January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This one was comprised of about 87 overlapping photographs. Eli took his new tripod, on a bitter cold day, and set it up on the “top tier” of cleared ground, capturing about 270 degrees of the scene. Again, we used Hugin to stitch it together. (click image to see full size version) The cameramen [...]
Panoramic Image of Woods and 3 Driveways
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Nature, Open Source, Photography, tagged Driveways, Droid X, Gravel, Hugin, Kids, Outdoors, Panorama, Photography, Woods on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Using the Motorola Droid X, I took about 10 photographs at 5MP, freehand. Then I used Hugin, the open source image stitching software. I had never stitched images together, but I must say this tool is impressive. The images were all various shades, angles, and since taken freehand, not straight. However, see the result below…
