During the recent holidays, I spent a few days in Seattle. One of the things I’ve wanted to do there for awhile is visit Metrix Create Space, Seattle’s hackerspace. Conveniently, they have a regular 3d printer night on Thursdays and that happened to be the night I had free to visit. Upon arriving, I was…
One thing I get asked all the time about my 3D printers is where do I get the models that I print? I follow Thingiverse daily to see what others have created but sometimes you need something very specific. So you have to create it yourself. One method I’ve used is 2D extrusion which how…
Over the holidays I spent an afternoon at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle with my girlfriend. I still find it strange to have such a large zoo in the middle of a residential area in the heart of Seattle. It was a good place to try out the new zoom lens (a 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G…
ABC Australia science show story on DIY Reprap machine in Bath UK. Great introduction to 3D printing. via The Future is 3D
Recently, Tassimo sent me a huge box full of new coffee flavors to try out. I’m normally a latte drinker (grande toffee nut soy or 1% milk latte) and never really acquired the taste for straight, black coffee (with or without sugar & milk). I know some of my readers are self-proclaimed coffee snobs…I get…
Figured it was time for a build update on my Prusa Mendel 3D printer. I had some friends over this past weekend from our RepRap user group and we ended up spending the whole day tinkering with the printer. With huge help from Brad and Eugene, we were able to get everything wired up and…
For the second year in a row, I was asked to help document the Christmas Wish Breakfast event at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. This was the 24th year of the event and it was the biggest yet! A highlight this year was the surprise from the Vancouver Fire Department who had a couple…
This past weekend, I was able to spend some quality ‘tourist’ time in two of my favorite cities: Seattle and Vancouver. A quick day trip to Seattle met with great weather as my girlfriend and I took in the Underground Tour of Seattle. It’s been on my list of things to do in Seattle for…
I’ve been busily printing Prusa Mendel RepRap parts for people on my MakerBot for awhile now and decided to finally setup a proper online store for them and other printed objects at AllThings3D.com After playing with a bunch of different storefront options, I’ve decided to just use a simple PayPal order button for now. There…
This weekend I attended the 3rd installment of TEDxVancouver. It was held at the Chan Centre out at UBC which is a stunning place to witness any kind of event or performance. In this case, a thousand people came out for the day to listen to speakers from all different backgrounds and disciplines. I was…