the Maker Faire 2012 has come and gone. we're reinspired to make an R2D2. and finish the 3D printer. here's a talk that wraps up the last incarnation of this event that attracts thousands of nerds, geeks, hackers, and normal people.

10T Backup Server Project

Mar 27th, 2011 59m 48s

I needed a backup device that transparent like Time Capsule, was more cost effective then a appliance NAS drive, give me the most storage for my money and it had to be something I could self repair. I ended up building a 10 terabyte server powe

enter the age of 3D printing

Mar 9th, 2011 52m 44s

I've had a lot of printers in my life from letter quality daisy wheels to dot matrix to dye sub to laser. and at some level the businesses I ran wouldn't have been possible without the leveraged use I got from printing without limits. Tom point

Mac Maintenance

Feb 25th, 2011 40m 23s

the best practices for Mac maintenance turn out to be very simple: do nothing.

the last Macworld Expo

Jan 31st, 2011 1h 14m

Macworld Expo has been "the tradeshow" for all things Mac for the last 25 years. there was a time when it was mandatory for anyone who had an interest in Mac to attend. companies came here to announce products, users came to learn, buyers came

3 Shot Pano

Jan 17th, 2011 30m 21s

the 3-5 shot panorama is a really cool way to capture a scene. it's not really a pano but think of it as a S-U-P-E-R W-I-D-E picture as you aren't doing a full 360. you can take these with any camera. it doesn't have to be expensive. and you do

Continuous

Jan 10th, 2011

Continuous is a mode on your camera that takes picture after picture for as long as you hold down the shutter. the frame rate of the shots depends on the camera. the Canon shoots is about 4 FPS, Fuji is .3 seconds per frame, Nikon has a mode ca