Get it? On the ShopBot? Because… I know, it’s a terrible pun, but I actually did most of the work with the ShopBot too! This post is designed to show off what you can do with the tools in our shop – we offer free training for everything shown in this post, and it’s easier than I […] Read more
If you’re not a programmer, you can download the software here. Run the exe, load the sample SVGs, play around, and feel free to skip the details in the rest of this post. If you are a programmer and want to follow along, or think you can improve this software, please do! The source is available here . […] Read more
So… I still have 4000 spoons (please buy some) and needed better storage for them at the Hackerspace, so I decided to build a cabinet. This also gave me a first chance to break into furniture-making, which has always fascinated me. The goals here were cheap and fast, so we’re going to take a lot of shortcuts. […] Read more
I know we all expect mobile games to be rigged. Anything goes in the name of engagement and retention numbers, but it’s always hard to prove. Hidden odds, complicated algorithms and “power ups”, and incomprehensible stat sheets all obfuscate the actual pRNG (psuedo Random Number Generator). But recently, a mobile game I’d been playing held […] Read more
About a year ago, we were smashing up a TV with Mammoth (video) and I fell in love with the look of the broken LCD, and decided to make it into a table-top. Despite veering wildly offcourse throughout this build – and using almost none of the original parts – that carnage set this project underway. First […] Read more