Good, solid weekend. Marla is driving home from the airport as I type this, and should be here any second now. Yesterday I was so busy, so tired, but I definitely missed her at night.
Today, missed her more, but still, kept active. Had a very nice, productive day in the lab.
Did NOT do any Tesla circuit work (laggard!) but I did hit milestones on several other projects. Significant points, as in, the projects are now showing fruit.
Linked here is the evidence...
This vibrating plate thingy is what I finished the article on Friday. It's a brilliant little design, if I must say so myself (and it's Plan B, since my first build failed). Good results, easy to make:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bvnyot6T-QQ
You can't see it in this video very well, but the fire changes color from, ummm, fire colored to a bright shiny red (will ultimately have three colors or effect changes). Look at the reflections in the truck to see it. Some weird stuff in the audio - I think the current iMovie is a bit twitchy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZNg0_sO9lDY
I just finished this today, too. The pointy metal cage is from the art welding class. The brain and electrics are my "found objects". Hey! I found 'em! (in my garage):
http://www.youtube.com/v/eSaQBp7m-Lk
Oh, and here's an old one... smoke rings! I don't remember linking it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eX4-lI0B3SE