Ready or not, here comes the BOOM.
A couple of pals of mine own a minor league basketball team, so I decided to make a t-shirt cannon for the games. I mostly used the plan on instructables.
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We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nathan Barry Jul 17, 2012. 7 Replies 0 Favorites
And what I could really use help with is some ideas from you, the collective of genius parents and LEGO gurus, on some activities for the party itself.We were able to get the LEGO birthday kit from…Continue
Don't forget what the date is tomorrow!
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Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!Continue
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Ready or not, here comes the BOOM.
A couple of pals of mine own a minor league basketball team, so I decided to make a t-shirt cannon for the games. I mostly used the plan on instructables.
Loki Girl
The girl wanted to put her own spin on Loki. Bought the costume earlier in the year at the Md. Ren Fest and I made the helmet.
Loki Girl
"Thanks! I used foam wreath bases from the local craft store, cut down with a coping saw. The helmet base is a cut-apart and reassembled Spartan helmet from the Halloween store. It's all attached with generous amounts of hot glue. A base coat of…"
Loki Girl
The girl wanted to put her own spin on Loki. Bought the costume earlier in the year at the Md. Ren Fest and I made the helmet.
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I'm right there with you on a love for Holloween and it's hacking potential. Last year hurricane Irene dropped a tree on our house, so during the remodeling we turned the ENTIRE house into a haunted house. Because we lost a lot due…"
Pickling Jar Mug
Mrs. Awesome's friend picked one of these up at a fair for $15, so naturallly the first thing that came to mind was "I can make that!". The second thing being "I can do it cheaper, too!". Total cost, $3.60. Time, 20 minutes (including setup).
"The wife just ordered Munchkin Deluxe without ever playing it. Geek assimilation complete."
Nathan Barry replied to Dan Bramos's discussion 'We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!'"The Car race is a great idea. At Legoland Windsor they have a 'Build + Test' room, which has a gravity-compensated downhill track with a starting gate and a timer. The idea being that you build a car and race it against the other for the…"
Kathryn Kinsey replied to Dan Bramos's discussion 'We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!'"We did Lego boats, gave the kids the same lego sets (just random pieces), then they see which boat can hold the most weight. It is some cleanup afterwards, but the kids really liked it since most parents don't let Lego and water mix.
We…"
Les Murphy replied to Dan Bramos's discussion 'We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!'"That sugru looks perfect for that too. Glad I could help out. Good luck."
"I dig the idea of a "build me" mini fig. The birthday kit comes with ten of the same mini fig, but with a little creativity, I'm sure we can individualize them. I even have three multi-packs of Sugru we can use for hair,…"
"Sooooo, the treasure hunt is definately a 'go'. I mentioned that to Mrs. Awesome and got "That's EXACTLY what we're doing. What were YOU planning on?" I may have misunderstood the intent of the game when she explained…"
Les Murphy replied to Dan Bramos's discussion 'We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!'"Maybe a build your own mini figure?"
Errol Elumir replied to Dan Bramos's discussion 'We're Throwing A LEGO Birthday Party For The Dude!'"Hey, instead of a Hide and Seek... you could have a treasure hunt. I like to do that with our kids birthday parties. We set up a system of rebuses / riddles, etcetera and they try and find the gift bags. Usually, we have them break into…"
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- What are some of your geeky hobbies?
- Building/tinkering, Fencing, Aerospace (really, making anything leave the earth.) My dream job is to be the t-shirt cannon guy at FedEx Field (or anywhere).
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- PC, Linux
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- The Hobbit, Geek Dad Series, Dr. Who, Eureka, Discovery Channel, Make Magazine
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How To Use A Car To Make Music. Sort Of.
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
There’s a small town about an hour north of Los Angeles that has a “singing road”. Engineers in Lancaster, California ground small grooves in the road so as a vehicle travels over, the vibrations turn into about fifteen seconds of the William Tell Overture depending on your speed.
Originally another road in Lancaster was the original one used in the…
ContinueGeek Dads at the USA Science and Engineering Festival
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 7:30pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Man, am I exhausted. In a good way, though. We just got home from the USA Science & Engineering Festival at the convention center in Washington, DC. AMAZING!!
It started with us herding the kids into the car bright and early since we live…
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