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DIY Cardboard GONK Droid
I decided to make a fun cat box for my two cats Lt Cmdr. Starbuck and The Captain to play in based on the classic Star Wars GNK Power Droid – otherwise known as the GONK droid. Sadly, however, my cats have zero taste when it comes to fun DIY projects so they did not…
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Punk Rock Jedi Cosplay at FanExpo 2022
For FanExpo 2022 I decided to create a new Punk Rock JEDI cosplay!
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Punk Rock Vader Helmet V2 – Christmas Special!
After losing my original DIY custom Punk Rock Vader helmet in a house fire, I decided to treat myself this year and buy the new Hasboro Black Series helmet and mod it out with a little of the ole’ Punk Rock flair!
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Sandman Themed Christmas Tree Inspired by the Netflix Series
This years Christmas tree was inspired by Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaimon’s cult classic Sandman series! Each of the Sigils of the Endless were handmade using simple dough and baked in the oven. Then painted black with a light dry-brushing of dark silver to give them an almost onyx-like appearance. Morpheus was made from clay…
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LEGO Bulging Checkerboard Optical Illusion MOC
A LEGO brick-built rendition of the mind-bending Bulging Checkerboard optical illusion attributed to Akiyoshi Kitaoka. One of the theories for why our brains process this illusion in the way they do is that the brain misinterprets the space between the smaller dots and their closest corners as LINES. But because they are slightly offset between…
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Hunt’s Moderately Spicy BBQ Ribs Recipe
Growing up, I was never a fan of spicy foods. I always preferred a good BBQ sauce over hot sauce. But lately, I’ve developed a taste for spicy things. So when it came time to try out a new, from-scratch recipe for ribs on Canada Day this year I figured I’d add a bit of…
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Digital Glasses Update!
It’s been over a year and a half since I first showcased the early version of the vision-enhancing app that I had built for my father. And now, after a tremendous amount of testing and refining, numerous personal setbacks, and a brutal work schedule, the app is finally ready to be released to everyone! I’ve…
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Sending and Receiving AVPlayer HTTP Headers
While investigating a series of spikes in a certain error code for one of the video streaming iOS and tvOS apps I have been working on for my day job, we were asked by our CDN server team to inject and inspect the information being sent to and from the server during HLS streaming. In order…
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This Cat Loves Its Ballpit
A friend sent me a link to a post on dose.com about a cat whose owner built him a BALLPIT. I’ve been a long-time owner of a ballpit on my balcony but never tried to put my cat Lt. Starbuck in it. After seeing the video below though, I may just let her give it…
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DigitalGlasses – Restoring Sight to the Blind for $320
My father lost his sight a number of years ago. Even after a number of laser procedures and actual surgeries to stop his retina from detaching and blood from seeping into his eyes, he is still something like 90+ percent blind in one eye and almost completely blind in the other. Before I start talking…