Red Echo

October 3, 2011

That didn’t take long: one month after Burning Man, I’ve built up a long enough list of active projects that I’m starting to feel overcommitted. Currently occupying parts of my brain:

0) Electric skateboard (designing tilt-steering mechanism)
1) Full-spectrum, 13000-lumen LED array contra Seattle winter darkness (awaiting parts)
2) ALTSpace expansion, up to 2600 square feet (paperwork, cat-herding)
3) Living room couch back piece (awaiting material)
4) Mysterious music project (20 bars finished out of 88 planned)
5) Proposal for City Light public art project (idea imagined, need to write it up)
6) Electrical engineering work on Hunter Cross’ “Geode” project (an evening’s worth of assembly to do)
7) Radian (ongoing! just finished a speedy new X64 code generator backend)
8) Repackaging some of the Shame Project lights for use in my living room (awaiting parts)
9) Small new custom serger workbench at ALTSpace (acquired parts, need to do carpentry)
10) Rhythm music synthesizer algorithm (thinking about it, doing no actual development work)
11) Powdercoating most of the chrome parts on my bike (next up: luggage rack / back rest)

Recently finished:
– Repaired the door frame and installed a new door at ALTSpace
– Built a storage shelf under the big work table at ALTSpace: storage for 12 more bins
– Powdercoated my bike’s headlight bucket and replaced the dented headlight retainer ring

I don’t actually have any clothing projects under way right now; it’s all electrical stuff and software. I have ideas and material purchased for half a dozen new garments, but they are pretty far down the priority list right now so I am not actively thinking about them. Also, my Pfaff is still broken; I need to get the timing adjusted again.

Oh, yeah! I have a day job, too! I work at Google. Right.

1 Comment

  1. Regarding #4, I think if you want to do 20 bars about 10 women, it scales.

    Comment by Dan Lyke — October 4, 2011 @ 2:38 pm