Mar Williams

I <3 LEDs. Really, I love them. If I could afford it, my house would be solely lit by controllable RGB LEDs. I am not terribly savvy when it comes to electronics projects, but this one was cake.

Here’s where I found it: http://blog.thingm.com/2011/07/invisible-accent-light-with-blinkm-maxm-freem/

It’s Blinkm Maxm + FreeM + RGB LED Strip + Universal IR remote control. That’s it! I didn’t program anything. I didn’t even have to solder.
Lucky me, someone even designed an enclosure that I printed out on the makerbot: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14908
Mine is slightly modified to fit the FreeM hanging off the bottom there.

And the results? Awesome.

Here’s a little video showing off changing the color/brightness.

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Yeah, it’s just what it sounds like. Images in this post are probably NSFW or Ithyphallophobics. More after the jump…

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I liked the tiny canvas so much I decided to keep going. Not sure when I’ll get tired of it, but for now, I’ll update my pics in my portfolio with a new critter each day. Enjoy!

http://sudux.com/portfolio/one-tiny-critter-a-day/

If you’d like to buy a critter, let me know! They’re $60 a piece. I have a couple left but they’re selling quick.

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So, I was going to do a long post about my new makerbot. For those of you who don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, it’s an adorable 3d printer that fits on your desk. It pulls a plastic filament through a heated head and spits out melted plastic on a moving platform, laying down row after row until you’ve got a 3d object. Youtube has tons of videos of what printing looks like if you’re curious.

Instead of blogging the long, boring assembly and troubleshooting, I’ll show you my first project with it.

I found a flying spaghetti monster cookie cutter on thingiverse. The print turned out ok, but it had some gaps that food might get stuck in, so I opted to do something other than bake delicious gingerbread monsters.

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My Christmas tree this year.
I haven’t celebrated Christmas for a few years now. Even though my parents aren’t religious, this upsets them a bit. I guess they feel like I’m missing out. I end up getting coaxed into just a little bit of Christmas every year. So my dad calls me up today, insistent on getting me a tree. I caved and said, “Well, ok, as long as it’s a small one.”

With every intention of decorating the tree tastefully, I headed to Target… and then, the McDonalds playkit caught my eye.

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Regret haunts me. I don’t want it to be this way, but it is, and for the most part, I cope. The best I can do is live for me and hope the next wave of nostalgia isn’t so harsh.

I had an inspired moment of “I want to get healthy” today, so I logged in to my old account at The Daily Plate. It’s livestrong.com now, but then, it’s been years since I logged in. This was just spooky. I land at my old profile showing meals I had entered to track calories:

• Polish Vendor dog
• Healthy black bean tacos
• Peach Pico De Gallo
• Soy Almond Matte Latte
• Jackfruit boba smoothie
• Aparagus Goat Cheese Quiche
• Roastel Eel

Fun meals right? I remember a couple of those dishes specifically.  Memory or rosy nostalgia, I can’t say, but I picture that time fondly. Standing in my old tiny kitchen, happily lost in exploring new foods, feeling very much at home

…and that thought is a punch in the gut.

me in my kitchen, some years ago

Ugh. This is the part where I’m supposed to be thankful for that period of time, move on, and keep swimming.
*sigh* Eventually, I guess. It can’t suck like this forever can it?

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I borrowed a Cricut cutter from denhac the other day. What the hell is a Cricut cutter you ask? I didn’t know anything about this thing, but I found out how amazingly rapey the company is.

Lets pretend grandma loves scrap-booking. She wants to cut letters and shapes out of paper all day and glue them on shit. Her neighbor Betsy’s scrapbook is tight as fuck, so Grandma decides to up her game and drop  $300 on a Cricut cutter.

She can’t use her own designs on it, but it comes with a nifty cartridge that has one, very festive looking font. That’s fun for a while, but Christmas is coming up and Grandma has a hard on for snowflake shapes. The craft store sells additional cartridges for $30-&70 a pop.

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