The Starving Theater Artist

I am tasked to build a couple of hand props.  They don't have to stand up to much abuse (because they are basically demonstration items ...

Consider this post a re-visit of my "Theater Should not be a Hackerspace" rant. I'm in the middle of the run of a very compl...

I'm putting the "kill switch" into the robot's head so we can turn off its lights during the blackout.  And that build is ...

I'm using a mic for a hatstand.  Sm58 in a straight round-base stand.  Works pretty well.  The PA just came back from a gig and there...

Ah, the joy of embedded computing -- when you are debugging you can never be sure if it is really a software error or if it is a hardware pr...

 So the robot is built, and made it through opening night.  Now if it can just make it through opening weekend I'll be able to take it h...

My third "Duck" show in a row.  So I brought in my Wireless Easy Button, and they wanted it in the show.  It was fairly easy to cr...