An occasional journal
Posts tagged 3D-print
Happy Birthday Bob
Feb 17th 2020
Hip hip hooray, the Bobs is four today!
Despite the ongoing Storm Denis it was our sunniest day this year so far: 1.827kWh on the 3000th day of our solar panels.
Admin1 is reading Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon. Admin2 is reading The Fire Court by Andrew Taylor.
We scored 10.5 on the GWQ.
Happy Birthday Audrey
Jan 11th 2018
A rainbow unicorn cake for the star of the week.
Admin1 is rereading The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Admin2 is reading Elmet by Fiona Mozley: a primal story of brutality and solidarity in the remote backwoods of modern West Yorkshire.
Happy Birthday Jesus
Dec 25th 2017
A 3D printed sheep and Buddha come to the party.
Deck the coffee with leaves of holly.
Admin2 is reading White Tears by Hari Kunzru; a splendid time-slipping story of white men and the blues (thx Admin1).
We watched The Cuckoo’s Calling (thx again).
Christmas Day was our warmest (14.5 °C by day and 10.2 °C by night) and sunniest (0.683kWh) of this December.
Spin
May 13th 2017
Admin1′s 3D-printed two-tone fidget spinner.
We greased the centre bearing with silicone oil and it whizzes round like crazy.
Admin1 is reading In a True Light by John Harvey. Admin2 is rereading Atomised by Michel Houellebecq, which had all the elements of science fiction yet managed to be an unhappy family saga instead.
And we scored THIRTEEN on the Guardian Weekend quiz. Woot!
π Day
Mar 14th 2017
Here’s our pi day pie with a π decoration produced with a 3D printed pi cutter. The gravy is escaping to make a cross face.
Admin1 is reading Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff, which featured a psychologist protagonist so annoying, feeble and lacking in insight that she deserved everything she got.
Happy Birthday Bobs
Feb 17th 2017
Admin1 is reading Jigsaw Man by Elena Forbes. Admin2 is reading The Dying Detective by Leif GW Persson; man on last legs solves last case, entertaining and touching.
Year of the Chicken
Jan 28th 2017
Happy New Year everybody. 恭禧發財.
Our 3D printer made this chicken.
Admin2 is reading Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson which was the best book of this year so far.
We are watching Mr Robot series 2.
We scored 9.5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
The Owl in Daylight
Jan 27th 2017
Our 3D printed Leeds owl and the noise the real owls make in the night.
Admin1 is reading Hostage by Kristina Ohlsson.
We have been watching Sherlock which finally jumped the shark.