(inspired by regyt, and the fact that all my cover letters inevitably look like this, with love to teferiHello ( Read more... )

Gluh. Is not fall yet, the sky's just greyer and the sun behaving more passive-aggressively. Still 100% humidity out thar and mild a/c in here ( Read more... )

I has an Arduino starter kit, and some photos of giant flowers made from solar panels and pink transparent phthalate-spraying dildos. The latter were probably the most photographed items there, so I'm not sure why I bothered ( Read more... )

Tax Lesson ( Read more... )

That plan I had? Go to graduate school in a field where it's likely I could get paid/reimbursed for going to school? Not happening, apparently ( Read more... )

Argh.

Naively, I think: sourcing and buying parts - not finished fixtures, mere parts, because I don't want finished fixtures, because I'm trying to prototype one, that's the point - is going to be half of the hard part of getting all this off the ground ( Read more... )

Grrrrgh. Trying to get access to CUBIT. I made Baby's First Triangular Mesh last night, then realized that the software I was trying plots points in a 2D plane and can't really do triangulation over potentially definitely sneaky prebuilt point clouds ( Read more... )

Upon review of this page:

dymaxion: Here's one that generates hexagonal meshes.
Me: Which one?
dymaxion: Cubit.
Me: How's that spelled, the usual way?
dymaxion: Cubit dot sandia dot gov...

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Also, I had no fucking clue there was so much depth (not to mention money) here. If you don't hear from me for a while, start checking nearby rabbit holes.

Ganked from gipsieee, reposted because about one-third of my friends list will find it amusing or inspirational: Pixelated cookies, for those who prefer their snacks low-res.

I have two pounds of the correct kind of cookie dough in my freezer, left over from Christmas. I am also a slightly experienced maker of pixelated desserts (ask arjache). Just saying.

Riding the hormone bus today. Just now exploded a heating pad in the microwave while trying to heat it up. Trying vodka next. Yargh.
eta: Trying drinking vodka, not heating it. That sounded more my speed than operating such a complex appliance as the microwave. Vodka goes down smoother at 25° F ( Read more... )