Volunteered w/ Orlando Math Circle again to bring Math Night to Englewood Elementary. It was refreshing to see so many students and their parents interested in math puzzles and games. I manned a table with some magic square puzzles (similar to the magic triangles I 3D printed for my students). Here is an article and…
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Seal Coating @ Camp Boggy Creek
Jim Mattield and I just finished seal coating the new Turtle Trail Boardwalk at Camp Boggy Creek. We all want this beautiful wooden walkway to survive that Florida sun and humidity, so it’s important to protect it. That dark, rich color will lighten a bit as it dries, but still look nice and finished. We…
Best Party on Earth @ Camp Boggy Creek
Another year of the Best Party on Earth at Camp Boggy Creek! This is wonderful holiday celebration every year at Camp Boggy Creek to serve the families that have visited. It’s a day filled with heartfelt speeches, games, food, desserts, music, dancing, etc. I usually work the dessert bar catered by Chef Stefan Riemer and…
Blue Giant – Jazz Anime
Just wanted to show some love for Blue Giant (ブルージャイアント), a recent jazz themed manga and anime that I like. A friend tipped me off about a limited release of the movie showing for only 1 day in 1 theater in Central Florida, and boy am I glad he did! What a refreshing, quality anime!…
Solar System to Classroom
I purchased and hung this solar system in my son’s room when he was 2, and he loved it. Today I donated it to my STEM lab for my students and they seem to love it just as much 🙂 I built a simple, lightweight winch from an empty spool of 3D printing PLA filament,…
Loving 3D Printing
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…
Refurbished Workbench for Classroom
My wife found a FREE hutch from a very nice gentleman who was rearranging space in their refurbished furniture shop in the Packing District. The piece was quite old but still solid and had been painted many times over the years. Oddly, it came with a long, heavy piece of marble laid in-between the bottom…
Bronze Plaques at Camp Boggy Creek
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….
Painting at Camp Boggy Creek
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…
Original NES
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…