Tag: Project

  • January 14, 2025

    For whatever reason, I want to 3D print planters. I imagine the idea is an extension of an idea I had for a cross-curricular project for my class in which they’d research, design, and build a vertical garden. It should be an interesting project but it’s going to take a fair bit of work to plan and implement properly.

    Since conjuring up the idea for my class back in November sometime, I’ve been wanting to design, print, and sell planters, especially self-watering ones, for myself. I started working out ideas during the winter break, setting a goal to have one good idea ready to go by the end of January. I think I’m getting close.

    Today, I felt ready to print out the idea I’ve been working on. It’s not entirely ready – the cups for the plants aren’t designed – but I want to work with something material. I’m hoping that all the pieces will fit together.

    One of the interesting challenges that I didn’t anticipate was designing the parts to optimize the printing. I also need to print it such that I can wire in the lights. One thing I forgot to include is a water level indicator.

    I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out and what challenges will present themselves next.

  • June 24, 2023

    June 24, 2023

    I was working on a idea this evening that I stumbled upon while getting acquainted with the groom last weekend. My girlfriend was assigned the task of making cotton candy so I tagged along with her. Being on a farm, we were in the shop, which was a barn. It was getting hot inside and I didn’t feel like drinking a beer from the fridge in the corner.

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  • Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 5: What’s the Point of My Podcast?

    Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 5: What’s the Point of My Podcast?

    I didn’t make much headway with the podcast this week. I got so far as figuring out what the podcast is about, what you’ll hear on it, and who might want to listen to it. I also only read one chapter of the book I bought, and have yet to answer the question that it left me with.

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  • Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 3: Keeping Track of Your Ideas

    Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 3: Keeping Track of Your Ideas

    Anecdote

    In a 2013 study, researchers Kathleen Vohs, Joseph Redden, and Ryan Rahinel found the that a disorderly space can have a positive impact on behaviour. They found that people are more likely to be creative when in a disorderly space than when in an orderly one. They did this through three experiments.

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  • Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 2- The Structure of Each Episode

    Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 2- The Structure of Each Episode

    We are living in some strange times right now. COVID-19 has covered the entire globe. Here in Ontario, a state of emergency has been declared. Toronto is eerily quiet. There’s almost a 1984-type feeling to all of this with so much of the information I’m getting coming from the television.

    I hope that you’re all staying safe, washing your hands, and enjoying the company of your loved ones.

    Anecdote

    Slow-motion multitasking. Tim Harford, in one of his TED Talks, shares with us how common a trait it is among the most highly creative among us (we should include ourselves in this group). Somewhat contradictorily, this type of multitasking is beneficial to the creative process. Multiple foci can work alongside each other to help you be your most creative.

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  • Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 1: Introduction

    Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting | Episode 1: Introduction

    There’s a great quotation by Ira Glass:

    Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is a gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only be going through a volume of work that you will close the gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.

    Ira Glass

    This quotation really sets up the project that I’m about to introduce you to quite nicely.

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  • Idea About Ideas

    Idea About Ideas

    https://youtu.be/Z3rnsLk1vP4
  • The First Week of Summer

    The First Week of Summer

    It’s been a busy week. It feels like I haven’t had a day off since the summer started. Between applying for jobs and starting a one-month intensive course, there hasn’t been much time for me to enjoy the first week of summer. Next week, I start a week-long job marking exams, while still having to juggle the commitment I made to my coursework. (more…)

  • #25x1000MundaneWords

    While having my morning’s coffee this afternoon, I was thinking about the post that I put up last night. I was thinking that there has to be something more that I can do, something simple, to bring attention to a current event that has gripped me. (more…)

  • Sketches and planning a zine

    I finished my coursework for today, today. In fact, I finished it in good time. Well, it was late but it was on time. (more…)