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Thanks, wordpress

Jeremy Mikkola — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:32:00 +0000

Thanks wordpress. I just love it how you keep from updating the blog with the new post until after I try to re-post it twice. Way to go.

Knex wind turbines

Jeremy Mikkola — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:10:50 +0000

Here are some videos of knex wind turbines I’ve made

Make some small paper boxes

Jeremy Mikkola — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:26:51 +0000

I suppose that you could call this origami. TechEBlog has a video tutorial on how to make little paper boxes. They call them snack boxes, but I use them to store my small knex parts in. Once you know how, they are really fast to make. I’ve even made one out of aluminum foil.

Make your own photo Christmas ornaments

Jeremy Mikkola — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:10:07 +0000

OK, I know that this is the wrong time of year for this, but give me a break; this blog started in February.

Anyway, heres a quick way to make Christmas ornaments from your photos. It’s a really simple project, and it shouldn’t take you more than just a few minutes.

iPhone box pinhole camera

Jeremy Mikkola — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:46:35 +0000

Someone took the box that their iPhone came in and made a pinhole camera out of it. How’s that for recycling?

How to photograph tonight’s lunar eclipse

Jeremy Mikkola — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:12:12 +0000

From the New York Institute of Photography comes an article on how to photograph tonight’s lunar eclipse. It gives a lot of interesting technical detail about what camera settings to use, as well as some information about how a lunar eclipse works. Well worth reading.

Lunar eclipse tonight

Jeremy Mikkola — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:17:12 +0000

Here is some useful info about tonight’s lunar eclipse.

Savonius wind turbine

Jeremy Mikkola — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:27:09 +0000

If you are in to ‘green’ things this might be a project for you. No doubt you’ve heard in the news recently about wind farms that produce renewable energy. If you have ever wanted to build your own, here’s your chance. The types of turbines here are different from the ones that you have seen on the news because these are vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs).

First the big one: It’s a Savonius wind turbine electrical generator [via Instructables.com]. I haven’t build this myself, but I know from experience with building wind turbines of the same principal but of smaller size that these do in fact work.

If that one is too much work for you, there are two smaller ones you can try: the Pringles Wind Turbine and the Cardboard Savonius Wind Turbine.

Make an AM transmitter

Jeremy Mikkola — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:09:09 +0000

Here’s a good one: Building a very simple AM voice transmitter.

A while back I ordered the parts and made this one. For the simplicity, it works quite well (I didn’t get a chance to test the range, though). When you plug it into an audio source you have your own mini AM radio station. It makes for a nice, easy project for people interested in learing about electronics (or people who are just bored).

How to make a fake HDR in the GIMP

Jeremy Mikkola — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:45:54 +0000

These are tutorials that I wrote a while back. Everything I did can also be done in Photoshop. If you don’t know what a HDR is, just look at Part 2 for an example.

Making a fake HDR in the GIMP, Part 1

Making a fake HDR in the GIMP, Part 2