After a long break from my blog after it being corrupted by spam robots, I am back. I’m really intending on keeping this attempt very current with all the interesting projects and such. I wanted to recap my hiatus. It involved a lot of kiting, some fun meetings with Make Philly, lots of reading, and new experiments.

First off, montage time!

Kiting in beautiful North Wildwood. Thats Joe, he makes some awesome videos with that little PVC tripod you see.

Some awesome Make: Philly Meetings.

I had a beautiful summer. Met some amazing people, learned some awesome stuff, and found sweet places.

Did even more kiting inland, on the airstrip at Warminster Community Park

I’m really excited about the new Make Philly side show, The Hacktory. They have an amazing location, and some high aspirations for creating their own machine shop. Needless to say, I’m on board!

Project wise, work has slowed with school, work, and my dangerous addiction to kiting. My Mame Cabinet (new page under construction) is in shambles after a accident. (a long story, I promise.) Not sure if I will be finishing it up or not. Right now, a few things on my radar:

• Kitesurfing board. Been planning this for awhile, just need to do it already.
• Kite Buggy. This project will be an awesome opportunity to learn to weld. Just need to save up for the equipment.
• Electronic Music Circuits. I’ve always been interested, but never got around to really doing it. Thinking about building a Atari Punk Console.
• ‘Speedboard’. My custom idea that is only currently in my head. Using long board trucks and tires mounted to an old snowboard. Perfect for cruising along the airstrip with my kite.
• Homemade Boat…of some sort. After finding the amazing little lake 20 minutes down the road, I only wished I had a boat to go sailing on.

I notice that kiting has taken over most of my mindset…I just have to much fun with it. Just wish I could afford it! In order to supply extra funds, I’ve decided to dive into the interesting field of eBay. Currently trying out buying from thrift stores, and reselling on eBay. I’m keeping track of everything in a live Google Spreadsheet, so if anyone wants to watch it grow, shoot me an email.

I’m really excited for this upcoming year. There are some awesome events planned, some awesome projects, and I’m simply dying to see whats in store. I’ll be sure to post some awesome pictures from the snow kiting adventures coming up, and some awesome articles about my experiments..failed or not.

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