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A Gentleman Down Whitechapel Way Originally uploaded by adq_uk

first act.pngOriginally uploaded by adq_uk At the Glasgow Britannica Panopticon Music Hall! Featuring an exclusive shot of Ace Pilot Strychnine himself!

McEwan HallOriginally uploaded by adq_uk

Well, mostly. See for yourself: The paper must have been slightly squint further down as the triangular top pieces haven’t worked at all. I did wonder about trying to do so much in one go, so in future I think I’ll stick to smaller pieces (e.g. divide the above into three separate etches). This wasContinue reading “Success!”

Or: what I did this afternoon. Here is my engineering prototype for the finished item. It’ll consist of etched copper plates held together with leather. My design for the plates, hot off the presses. Note the patterns on one side, combined with holes completely through the plates. The large hole in the triangular bottom plateContinue reading “And now for something a little more sophisticated”

Over the last week, I’ve been learning the android platform, from a software development point of view down to the platform development kit and below as usual. I have so many ideas for things to hack, that its hard to decide on which to do at any one time! First of all, I found aContinue reading “Android APK resource extractor”

Just spotted this on MAKE magazine: the use of vinyl dye to dye plastics.

We just got back from Leeds an hour or so ago; loads of fun, must definitely do it again! I quite liked Leeds as a city, its an slightly crazy mismash of styles; we especially liked wandering through the huge indoor market place. More later, with photos!

blue rose.pngOriginally uploaded by adq_uk

A week or so ago, I finally broke and ordered a new SLR body. After a lot of deliberation, I chose the Nikon D90. I had considered the D300, but (a) its waaay more expensive, and (b) it is quite a lot heavier. Considering the D90 has the same CCD as the D300, I feltContinue reading “Camera upgrade complete!”