The Roland printer is broken(maybe?)

At the SCC Makerspace, they have a pretty damn big printer that they use to print stickers, vinyl for shirts, banners... it can even print car wrap. for the stickers and shirt vinyl, it uses a blade to cut out your sticker, or whatever you want to cut out. On…

I'm finally dialing in my workouts

I work out twice a week at Sac City college as of the start of the spring semester. It's been hard learning how to work out effectively, as I have no previous gym experience. I'm finally feeling good about my upper body routine, I feel properly…

Wood rifle scopes

My friend Gideon and I have been making wooden guns for a couple years now. As time has passed, our skill has increased exponentially. Recently, we've been trying to make hollow scopes out of dowels, with wire as the crosshairs. We're getting pretty good at it.…

Room space

My bedroom is relatively small compared to how much stuff I keep in there. One wall is covered in wood guns, the closet houses my sister's gaming setup, the other wall has the dresser, TV, and Xbox, and the wall with the window has my futon/bunk bed.…

A contest of skill

My friend Gideon and I both are woodworkers. For fun on weekends, we'll get together and make wooden guns. Our styles differ a lot, but we've never been able to properly compare our skills, because we always make different guns. We were hanging out last weekend,…

Hiking in the Black Diamond Mines Preserve

The Black Diamond Mines Preserve is a 6,000 acre area of beautiful, rolling, grassy hills. Peppered among these hills are the remains of 12 coal mines, and several old mining towns. With about 40 minutes of walking, you'll find yourself at the entrance of a prospect tunnel.…

Welcome to Bear Witness

This is my new blog. I've wanted to start a blog for almost 2 years but couldn't pull the trigger on a site, and I'm really excited to get to start one now that i have everything set up! I had a lot of…