Alternate Production Methods for Borg Prosthetics
I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read it there!
A Letter to my Children Upon the Election of Donald J. Trump
Last night, we elected a new President of the United States. It is not who we hoped for.
Remotely log into unresponsive Mac and kill processes
A few months ago, I was drawing in Adobe Illustrator for an animation we were producing, and I was having trouble with my laptop bogging down and becoming completely unresponsive when Illustrator threw up its hands at copying or pasting the hundreds of tiny switches and buttons I had drawn on a retro-style computer bank. …
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Install django CMS on WebFaction
I’m testing out django CMS for a small personal site, bobtiki.me, and installing it on my WebFaction hosted server. I’m writing down the steps, so you don’t have to! (And by “you,” I mean “future Mark who has forgotten these steps.”) I’ve had a great experience with WebFaction — they’re both inexpensive and reliable. If …
Making Tiki Mugs: Seattle Pottery Supply
I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read it there! My goal is to have made at least one tiki mug for my home tiki bar, by the end of the year. I’ve been poring over Tiki Central’s forums to learn more about the process. I have also picked …
Tiki Nook Build — Part 2: Raspberry Pi LED Control
I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read this article there, or the whole series! I’m controlling everything in this project with a Raspberry Pi 2, a system on a chip. Essentially it’s a really tiny Linux computer that you can use for most anything you could use a …
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Kilauea Cove: Tiki Nook Build – Part 1
I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read this article there, or the whole volcano series! I’m gonna build a volcano. Movies are a huge passion in my life, so of course I have a screening room (which most other people would probably call a “home theater”) in my …