On today's hike at Table mountain, there were two caves along the trail. One was an easy, mostly flat cave with a pool of water at the back, behind a roomy(ish) room. The other cave had a super steep, slippery entrance. One of the other kids, who…
For my electronics class, the final project is to make something out of scavenged parts that has some function. I'm still brainstorming about what I should make. Some of the ideas I'm kicking around are; a minimalist radio that only plays one channel, a drone mounted…
A few months ago, my phone screen cracked due to the pressure of a bend in the body. This morning, I awoke to my phone screen bugging out in the area under the crack. Fully unusable. It was an older Samsung Galaxy A12, pretty laggy by the time it broke.…
A few weeks ago, I made a rack for my headphones that hangs from my bedframe. Now, a couple days ago I made a similar rack for my controller. I was looking at the two designs side-by-side when I realized I could just stack them, and have one connection to…
According to a bunch of people across the internet, kettlebell swings are a magical exercise, capable of turning an average Joe into Arnold Schwarzenegger with 20 minutes of work. My mom and I have decided to try them out. I hope they're as good as people make them…
I was making jackets for my little brother's robotics team with their logo and names. In my last post about this, I mentioned the printer I used for all the elements was malfunctioning. They fixed the problem, and the blade cuts even better now. I went in to…
When I got to class, I realized there was a spot of melted deformed plastic on the back of the case behind where the fourth battery slot is. After taking it apart and seeing no obvious damage to the circuit board, I left it on for a little bit. Just…
This Tuesday is the Midterm for my electronics class, and the assignment is attempt to fix a broken piece of electronics that you bring from home. I'm bringing a radio+CD player that can't read CDs, and a battery charger that detects a bad battery in…