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Category Archives: Stuff I made
What To Do When Your Wallet Is Stolen
Someone broke into my garage, and while I was at the hardware store to get replacement latches and hinges, someone pinched my wallet out of my coat pocket. After cancelling the cards, ordering replacements, filing a police report and requesting … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, diy wallet, paper wallet, recycling, theft, tyvek wallet, upcycling
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Refinishing my ukulele
Back in 2009, before I rode my bike from Edmonton to Thunder Bay, I went to the now-defunct Gordon Price Music and purchased a $20 ukulele. The idea being that I’d have something to practice on, loosen up my hands … Continue reading
Posted in Bikes, Music, Stuff I made
Tagged bike parts, bike tour, instrument, music, refinishing, restoration, uke, ukulele, woodworking
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Homemade Wire Brushes
Wire brushes made from bike parts. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Stuff I made
Tagged bike parts, drums, drumsticks, music, percussion, recycling, repurposed, wire brushes
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I built a cajon!
With the indispensable help of wood shop mastermind Derek, I constructed and stained this excellent cajon, which, if you don’t know, is a percussion instrument based on a shipping crate that probably came from Peru, although it depends who you … Continue reading
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Tagged cajon, craft, homemade, instrument, latin music, music, percussion, peru, plywood, woodworking
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Reinterpretations!
I’m so famous, small children in China* dress up as me. http://pupumom.pixnet.net/blog/post/182772009 it turns out that my wolf mask is popular with more than just furries. This appears to be a performance of the three little pigs, and the wolf … Continue reading
Heroes of Evolution: the Trilobite
I broke a spoon; I carved a trilobite with my pocket knife and a nail. It’s a teaser because now I should find some sandpaper and stain. I love these little guys. They’re like a rough draft of a horseshoe … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, biology, carving, evolution, extinction, horseshoe crab, marine life, paleontology, permian, prehistory, trilobite, whittling, wood carving
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People give up on Ikea furniture so easily
It’s kind of understandable. The pine is cheap, and if it’s not put together right it splinters and breaks easy. That works out for me because it means Edmonton’s alleyways are always full of straight, planed, unvarnished wood. Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in furniture, Stuff I made
Tagged diy, dumpster diving, furniture, ikea, pine, recycled furniture, recycling, refurbishing, salvaged, table, upcycling, woodworking
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How Not To Improvise A Cake: a meditation on failure
My last baking post was supposed to be the first in a unified series. The plan was to do a couple of different cakes with different ingredients, but using the same formula to demonstrate the system’s versatility. I got accepted … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Stuff I made, Travel
Tagged baking, brownies, dessert, experimental baking, failure, faygo, hostel food, improvisation, ingredient substitution, root beer, root beer cake
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