Steampunk Arm-Mounted Phone Amplifier

"Steampunk arm-mounted phone amplifier" is my favorite post title yet.  Ridiculous and yet to the point.  I got to play with scrap wood, spare parts and lots and lots of glue to build what my favorite steampunk prop yet. Awhile back I built a desk based phone amp that now lives in the backyard for …

Steampunk Weekend DIY

October! Yippee!  Halloween is approaching all to quickly.  Time to think about decorations, costumes, spooky stories and creating a general ambiance of awesome.  In this installment of Steampunk Weekend DIY, we have some mechanical invites to tell folks about the approaching Halloween party; new uses for old wood ladders (nothing spookier than rustic tools), magical …

Steampunk Weekend DIY

This weekend, my wife and I are joining a rather large swath of my family to see Book of Mormon.  Really looking forward to it.  Spending the morning working on garage renovation stuff, spending the afternoon buying a tie (despite being a thirty year old guy I have not purchased a new tie since college) …

Steampunk Weekend DIY

With schools getting back into session this time of year I cannot help but think of homework.  Sitting up the night before a project is due, frantically writing an essay at two in the morning, helping X solve its own problems; you likely remember homework.  It sucked.  Still sucks. This week's list is dedicated to making …

Steampunk Weekend DIY

August starts this weekend.  Hop aboard, I'm your captain; Captain Obvious.  (But please, Captain Obvious was my father...some jokes I feel failing as I type them out I really do).  School is starting up this month, days will get a little warmer before getting way cooler; August is a crazy month.  It is a great month to …