OK I admit it: I got tired of figuring out this place all on my own, so I signed up for a “Landmarks and Viewpoints” tour for foreign visitors. This was a day to forget. At exactly the appointed time the bus rolled up to my Okoyama (Honshu) $26 a night capsule hotel (Hotel River… Continue reading A Day to Forget
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Our (Rented) House on Hawaii Big Island
The family that built this house in 1947 still owns the house. We get to rent it for a week, something we’ve been doing every other year since 2010.The house makes for great punctuation in our family’s lives. We get to be with our nephews when they were 1 and 2, then 3 and 4, and now… Continue reading Our (Rented) House on Hawaii Big Island
Ping-Pong Ball Bazooka
Today, tested prototype of rapid-fire ping-pong ball bazooka to build with the nephews. I’m planning several shooters
Marble Rollercoaster
Spent the day designing and building marble roller-coasters with these guys. This one went down through 2 floors.
Pipe Insulation for a Roller-Coaster
This morning, spent 6.24 at Home Depot for enough pipe insulation to build a big, bad 72-foot marble roller-coaster.
Prototype Roller Coaster
Prototyped roller coaster to build with the nephews. It needs to be bigger and badder.
Sawing and Gluing
Project Scorpion, D-Day. 7+ hours nonstop, no meal. We sawed and glued stuff, then rolled marbles from great heights.
Project Scorpion
Project Scorpion D – 1. Will the Canadians win? Video. We must build a Bigger Machine.
A Hole in the Ceiling?
Project Scorpion D – 1. The Big Machine is taller than your front room. Will we have to cut a hole in the ceiling?
Clues
Project Scorpion D minus 2. Hey guys, what are these sounds? The Big Machine we build on D-Day may sound like this.