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When you're got a Parappa the Rapper 2 song stuck in your head, and said song is the LOADING screen music, that says something about the game, huh? :|
I checked out Active Surplus yesterday for Gears - seems they're renovating the place. 2/3rds of the place is inaccessible. In any case, I found metal gears (not the style I was looking for, however) and plastic gears (which would suit my purpose perfectly, but I might repaint them so they're not tinker-toy coloured). Now I should probably do some design before purchasing the stuff, like maybe think about what the gear layout would look like, and what am I gonna affix the metal rods to? What would be the slowest motor I could get? The motors that are used in RC cars and stuff are too much. I don't need 300rpm, I only need something like 60rpm. I want the gears to be turning slowly. I could bring down the speed a bit with a small-gear-large gear system, but I don't want the motor burning out from overuse. Is there a stepper somewhere I could get to slow the motor down?
I saw a wonderful graffiti a couple of days ago. It said "POST NO BILLS", and to its immediate left and right were spray-paint images of Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Bill Gates, and Bill Murray. ;)
It seems that I didn't get B3ta's last newsletter, so I've gone to their archives. Here's what I've culled from it this week...
I always had thought about buying a posterboard, putting a happy face on it and writing "SMILE!". No advertising, just a Happy Poster. Someone's done it here, and since it just involves smaller pieces of paper, it's more feasible. ^_^
Here's a list of do's and don'ts when stealing people's lighters.
There was a "Top Tip" where it says that if you've dropped a can of Cola, you could tap it twice on the bottom and then flip it upwards slowly, and it shouldn't explode when you opened it. Someone decided to test this out, with a Cola Ninja. The Ninja is cool. XD
I checked out Active Surplus yesterday for Gears - seems they're renovating the place. 2/3rds of the place is inaccessible. In any case, I found metal gears (not the style I was looking for, however) and plastic gears (which would suit my purpose perfectly, but I might repaint them so they're not tinker-toy coloured). Now I should probably do some design before purchasing the stuff, like maybe think about what the gear layout would look like, and what am I gonna affix the metal rods to? What would be the slowest motor I could get? The motors that are used in RC cars and stuff are too much. I don't need 300rpm, I only need something like 60rpm. I want the gears to be turning slowly. I could bring down the speed a bit with a small-gear-large gear system, but I don't want the motor burning out from overuse. Is there a stepper somewhere I could get to slow the motor down?
I saw a wonderful graffiti a couple of days ago. It said "POST NO BILLS", and to its immediate left and right were spray-paint images of Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Bill Gates, and Bill Murray. ;)
It seems that I didn't get B3ta's last newsletter, so I've gone to their archives. Here's what I've culled from it this week...
I always had thought about buying a posterboard, putting a happy face on it and writing "SMILE!". No advertising, just a Happy Poster. Someone's done it here, and since it just involves smaller pieces of paper, it's more feasible. ^_^
Here's a list of do's and don'ts when stealing people's lighters.
There was a "Top Tip" where it says that if you've dropped a can of Cola, you could tap it twice on the bottom and then flip it upwards slowly, and it shouldn't explode when you opened it. Someone decided to test this out, with a Cola Ninja. The Ninja is cool. XD
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