Category Archives: Etcetera

My New Logo?

I’ve been messing around with a logo after being inspired by the color palette of the American Spirit Light box. I used those three colors and highlighted the B and E in my last name, because if I try extra … Continue reading

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Andrew Bird @ Radio City Music Hall 06.18.2009

See my Flickr page for more. Some of these images were also published by BrooklynVegan and Gothamist. The photographs were taken with my Lumix LX3 at ISO 1600/f2.8. I used Noise Ninja for stunning noise reduction.

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Love Machine: the Power is On!

Love Machine, my SMS-based interactive thing for singles nights, released under the name Publk (taking a stab at starting a company that does something specific), is now in use bi-weekly at Hugs in Brooklyn. It’s super easy to use and … Continue reading

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Staggering Fact About Thanksgiving Day Energy Consumption

On Thanksgiving day, Americans cook roughly 45,000,000 turkeys. The average turkey is 20 lbs and cooks for 5 hours. The average home oven is rated at 40,000 BTU/hour energy consumption. The BTU content in natural gas is 100,000 BTU/therm. Let’s … Continue reading

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Überbaster Testing Plan

I. Pre-Production Research, Planning & Needs Assessment, Task Analysis Audience: Cooks of any skill level. Materials: Marinade injector, silicone tube, vinyl tube, T joint, two check valves, stainless steel skewer. Assembles in just a couple minutes. Format: Roasting meats Technology: … Continue reading

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Thesis Concept & Project Description

Overview/Thesis Statement Brief  “Elevator Pitch” Description of your thesis project. What is your focus? Your direction? What’s new/unique about your project? The Überbaster is the only turkey baster that permits basting without opening the oven. It is the first to … Continue reading

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Thesis Proposal: The Überbaster

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Walker Variation

I messed around with the Walker example for a few days, but I wasn’t happy with anything I was producing. Then, I got a job and have had very little time since I started. Here is an adaptation of the … Continue reading

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A Little C Program and Squeak Example

For Little Computers, our first assignment was to take a string, reverse it, and print both strings. We also had to mess around a bit with Squeak. Below you can find the source code for the C program and the … Continue reading

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Charlie Rose Schedule for BlackBerry

Sometimes you might be out trying to decide whether or not you should head home early for Charlie Rose. It’s a tough call when you don’t know who’s on. When you look at the channel guide on the TV, it … Continue reading

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