Random Thoughts at Midnight

Skyrim.

Do you know that Skyrim's title theme rhymes not only in dragontongue but in the English translation as well? Well it does.

I've fixed whatever was blocking Tesla's (little printer) extruder, but succeeding in tearing one of the wires out of the heat sensor. Again. Gah.

I'm typing this as I lay in bed, and I Think I need a new heater pad. This one doesn't heat up nearly as fast as it used to.

I've been texting on and off all day with the girl I like. I don't know why I keep doing so, because I learned a week ago that she likes someone else. All signs pointed to that she liked me, too. I wonder where I went wrong...

Because of a bad grade or two, got the power cord ripped out of my computer last night. To be returned on Christmas eve. Little do the parents know, I need my PC to be able to 3D print their Christmas presents. They deserve coal for that.

It's cold in here. The girl must have fallen asleep, she hasn't texted back for some time. It's getting awfully late.

Got two suits today! One's grey, the other is black. Custom tailored. I'll wear the black one on Tuesday, I think.

I hope we make Christmas cookies tomorrow.

Another Shotglass!

I got bored. And cold. It's always entertaining to watch this thing run, and seeing as the heating element cranks itself up to like five hundred degrees (Farenheight), it warms up my tiny little room better than a roaring bonfire would.

On 3D Printers

I own not one, but Two 3D printers. Yes, two. That's English for Dos. And yes, they can print in all three dimensions. It's no big deal...

Meet Tesla, the Makerbot Cupcake. This is the smaller of the two, and he's not currently operational. I'm getting close, though... Two bolts and a hunk of plastic, I'll have it running in no time. If I get a free moment after this post, maybe.

And this here is Edison. He's printing out a shotglass as I type this, and it has about fifteen minutes left to go. I bought him, a BitsFromBytes Rapman, before Tesla, because the Rapman printers have 8 times the build area of the Makerbots. At first, I bought it solely for its application to engineering, its capability to make robot parts (more on that later... stay tuned), but it's turned into a great hobby.

So, yeah. These two printers, a lighter, and a dremel are the pinnacle of my engineering capability. They can make anything I can imagine, and tend to do so on a daily basis. And if my imagination is suffering from caffiene withdrawal, Thingiverse.com is just full of things I can make.

Edison's down to about six minutes now, so I'll stop this blog post when the print's done.

[One Facebook check later...]

Anyone want a shotglass?