3D Printed Medieval Barbie Armor

Zheng3’s Kickstarter project is to design 3D printable medieval armor for Barbie dolls. I see this as being a great transition to help girls ease their doll play from “let’s go shopping” to a much more active and kick-ass “let’s fight that nasty dragon and save the village.”

The design and manufacture of a cat toy

Yesterday I taked about fixing a cat toy.  Today, I should briefly mention the one I designed a couple of weekends ago.  I’ve had the idea kicking around in my head for quite a few months to design a treat-dispensing cat toy.  Surprisingly, there is not one already on Thingiverse.  I sketched out a quick … Continue reading The design and manufacture of a cat toy

The Universal Catapult for Seej

In the late 1700s Eli Whitney, the designer of the cotton gin, developed muskets with interchangeable parts to help the United States military. The manufacture of objects with interchangeable parts was soon a key factor in the industrial revolution. Mr. Whitney is perhaps a little anachronistic when brought alongside castle and siege warfare, but we can use the principles he championed to build a better piece of siege machinery.

From Atoms to Bits to Atoms: A Cat Toy’s Journey

After staring at a cat toy for a few minutes, piecing out the geometry, I realized that this would make a great instructional design for an introduction to 3D CAD modeling using simple geometric shapes and boolean transforms.

DIY foamcore cat toy balls

It does not take much to make a cat toy.  Often times, they will make their own toys out of stuff around the house (even if you do not want them to) such as shoelaces.  They like crumpled up paper balls.  They like the plastic pull-off safety tab from the milk bottle.  They like chewing … Continue reading DIY foamcore cat toy balls

Minor Update

No recent blog posts… it’s been a busy week. It would appear that 6 inches of silicone rubber weatherstripping is the best cat toy ever. Ebenezer loves it. Charlotte, who does not typically play with cat toys, was seen to be playing with it a few times. The non-toys always make the best toys. Portlanders, … Continue reading Minor Update

Gyroscope?

Last night, I had a dream in which I received a box of sex toys as a prize for something-or-other. It was a small-ish cardboard box, maybe the size of a shirt box, with cellophane windows in the front. Upon opening it, there were a lot of the typical things you would expect. (I will … Continue reading Gyroscope?

Audio Samples

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/10/Do you know what I can't find on the internet? I cannot find audio samples of that old kid toy with … Continue reading Audio Samples