Educator. Engineer. Experimenter.
I bought and hung this solar system for my son when he was just 1yo. He admired it for many years. Today I brought it into my classroom for my STEM students and they love it just as much! I even built a simple lightweight winch out of an empty spool of 3D printing PLA…
As an elementary school STEM teacher it would be a disservice to my students if I didn’t introduce them to 3D printing in this day and age. So our school bought a couple printers this school year and I’ve kept them running almost constantly. It’s been more fun that I imagined it would be. I’m…
Today I restored 10 bronze plaques for Camp Boggy Creek. Here are some before and afters. I used the same process outlined here. Thank you again to the New Zealand RSA for this patina removal video. Camp Boggy Creek is a 230 acre non-profit camp and preserve dedicated to terminally ill children and their families….
Today I helped paint the barn, rodeo and petting zoo at Camp Boggy Creek with 3 other volunteers. Camp Boggy Creek is a 230 acre non-profit camp and preserve dedicated to terminally ill children and their families. It was started and primarily funded by Paul Newman and General Norman Schwarzkopf in 1996. Additional private…
I recently bought an original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and hooked it up for my son and his friends to experience 80s gaming. I sold my original NES in the 90s but still had various cartridge games stashed away. He found them and wanted to play them as I did. Note this is an original…
Recently we ripped out the carpet upstairs (including the stairs) and had it all replaced with solid vinyl flooring. To save some money, we removed the carpets, staples, and nail strips ourselves, and leveled one spot. We then had contractors lay the new floor. Usually we use engineered or solid wood, but with a little…
Today I did some maintenance at Camp Boggy Creek, seal coating the lakeside fire pit benches and stage with a regular volunteer and my dad. Camp Boggy Creek is a 230 acre non-profit camp and preserve dedicated to terminally ill children and their families. It was started and primarily funded by Paul Newman and…
At Sky Craft the other day, I found some fun little electronics kits for my son (and me :)). If you’ve never been, Sky Craft is the greatest brick-n-mortar electronics depot in Orlando since 1974 (note they are finally moving soon, though only a mile or two down the road). One kit was a “mouse”…
I got the urge to build a spice rack out of a discarded shipping crate today lol My wife is coming home from vacation soon and I wanted to do something for her (cooking related). We’ve needed to organize our spice situation for a long time. I wanted our spices to be within reach and…
My neighbor altered me to a baby bird (hatchling? / nestling?) on the ground in his front yard and was in immediate danger of being eaten by cats. In fact the parents were swooping down and attacking the cats to protect the baby for hours. Eventually they tired and he had to pick the bird…