Shaving with a Hammam bowl

I’ve written in the past about my old-timey (possibly hipster) shaving setup. I use shaving soap, a brush to apply it, and some combination of safety razor (which takes those cheap unsafe double-edged razor blades) and cartridge razor (which uses those overpriced disposable plastic multi-blade cartridges). I like to finish up my shave with a … Continue reading Shaving with a Hammam bowl

From lines of code to glazed ceramic

This is a followup to a previous post about my “finger cup” 3D model.  I uploaded the 3D model file to Shapeways and received a version printed in ceramic! This heavy chunk of hardened clay started as about 16 lines of code.  I’m not counting comments and the lines that consist of only closing curly-braces, … Continue reading From lines of code to glazed ceramic

The little bowl I designed & printed

UPDATE: I printed this at Shapeways in food-safe glazed ceramic.  See the progression from code to object in a more recent blog post. I made a thing!  Well, I designed and made a thing.  You will find my “finger cup” at Thingiverse.  Quick background: several times a day at work, I find myself in the … Continue reading The little bowl I designed & printed