Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

You’re wondering when the Cyberbrick gadgetry ties in with 3d printing? That starts now! After I was done sorting and stashing “stuff” from the Cyberbrick kit (a dual kit!), I wandered over to MakerWorld and picked the project I’d build. … Continue reading →

Cyberbrick is a (mild) challenge right at the start. It’s just a box, not even a big one. Crammed in that box are several dozen bits of “stuff”. The “stuff” is in plastic bags that only partially explain what they … Continue reading →

[I’ve been ill. It sucked but I’m getting better. For a while I lost mental capacity. I’m not saying I was brain dead (though it’s been said). It’s just that I couldn’t do much creative writing, or concentrate on a … Continue reading →

Civilization is not spread evenly. The Sistine Chapel is a masterpiece. Yet it was built in a world where much of humanity lived in mud huts. Don’t get cocky; some people still live in mud huts. Nor is civilization evenly … Continue reading →

I’ve been happily distracting myself with my 3d printer. One thing about additive printing is that the top layer of the object* can have funky textures as an artifact of printing. (i.e. The object was printed in a zillion little … Continue reading →

[Y’all know I’ve been busy with some shit. Here’s a video of my day.] Idiocracy is like a mirror. What you are has a lot to do with what you see in it. So too with society. Observe this sign … Continue reading →

[I’ve been distracted lately (by undisclosed or at least only vaguely explained bullshit). In the interest of gradually and incrementally crawling out from under one of life’s necessary but annoying rocks, I’m making a low key post about a recent … Continue reading →

How does one say something and nothing simultaneously? I’ve no idea; I’m not a politician. Yet, today it’s necessary. Here goes… It’s been exactly 31 days. One month. Only. One. Month. I hardly believe it’s such a diminutive unit! However, … Continue reading →

A bunch of things have happened to yours truly. Some good. Some not great but hopefully manageable. Some I can’t quite grok the full import yet. None are fully (or even significantly) within my control. Sometimes you just have to … Continue reading →

Sometimes life comes at ya’ fast. Sometimes it comes at ya’ faster. Sometimes events fuckin’ avalanche your position. Your plans and rational thoughts are buried, burned, shredded, churned like a roto-tiller, hurled it into the void, bent, folded, spindled, and … Continue reading →