3D Printing in 2025
It turns out that I didn’t hate 3D printing, I just hated my Ender. Here were my experiments in 3D printing in 2025.
Engineers Need Art
Projects both technical and creative (I hope) that others may find interesting.
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Balsa M2-F3 Lifting Body
In the wild, earlier frontier of manned, space exploration, NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was flush with ideas for future spacecraft. One of those involved building spacecraft that would land back on Earth like an airplane. I try to recreate this aircraft in balsa.
Balsa “2001: A Space Odyssey” Model
The spacecraft from the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” have always had a special place for me. Here I build a replica from balsa.
Camera Genealogica (Part 1)
I’m very much into genealogy. I came to realize that my interest was more specifically as a kind of photograph genealogist.
The First Time I Was Almost Fired From Apple
Oh yes, I screwed up more than once during my tenure at Apple.
Duane Blehm
A little about Duane Blehm, an early Macintosh shareware author.
Offline Advocate
Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of mind.
Move Fast and Abandon Things
For every shareware game I released in the 1990's, another four were partially written but put aside and abandoned.
Casady & Greene
Remembering Casady & Greene and the excitement (and closing) of an era of Macintosh software publishing.
Soft Dorothy Software - Shareware Projects
Wherein I attempt to recover and restore old shareware code and program again like it is 1989.
Stereographer
Experimenting in stereo photography and I write an app to create old-fashioned stereoscopic cards.
Building Quarter-Cab - Phase I
Lets build a simple virtual pinball controller to bring more immersion to your game.
VPX Scripting - Part 6 (End Sound)
This post wraps up the sound work on Teacher's Pet.
VPX Scripting - Part 5 (DOF)
Some light Visual Pinball debugging and the world of DOF. New to DOF? Read on.
VPX Scripting - Part 4 (Pet Sounds)
Teacher's Pet gets new sounds in this post in a series about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
VPX Scripting - Part 3 (Cut & Paste)
Sound code is added in this third in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
VPX Scripting - Part 2 (Linting)
The second in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
VPX Scripting - Part 1 (Teacher's Pet)
The first in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
Virtual Pinhead
Discovering virtual pinball, a hobbyist community devoted to it, and building a full-size virtual pinball cabinet.
Experiments in Printmaking - Part 1
Trying some unconventional techniques to create a pop-art print of a Cherry Mash candy bar.
Op-Amp Helper PCB
A PCB for breadboards to make working with op-amps easier.
Kim-1 User Manual
For sale: a few KIM-1 User Manuals I printed up.
Same Stop
Marvelling at the full circle life seems to have taken after retirement.
Adam74
The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
Apple Interview (1995)
Recalling my somewhat unusual interview with Apple back in 1995.
Jigsaw Puzzle
Those of us who fiddled while Apple Computer burned. Well, actually some of us put together a big jigsaw puzzle.
Mooncraft 2000
A web-based game, Mooncraft 2000 is released.
Tom Dowdy
Tom Dowdy was a software engineer at Apple back in 1995 when I was still writing Macintosh games in Lawrence, Kansas.
SystemSix
SystemSix is a desk calendar project that displays the weather forecast and phase of the moon on an e-ink display.