My Mom, my sister, and I worked on it over the course of 4 days.
Author: Nick Momrik
I'm searching for my first hole-in-one.
I enjoy being active and making things.
I work for Automattic.
Wire Loop Game
Kennedy and I made a wire loop game, using some basic cheap electronics.
- 9v Battery
- Buzzer
- Old light switch
- LED
- Various wires
- Nuts and bolts
- Electrical tape
- Wire screw caps
- Cardboard box
The initial wiring and cutting of the box took more time than I figured and she started to lose interest until we got around to the top. We did this all on-the-fly, but there are plenty of tutorials (like one on Instructables) you can follow.
4th Sunset
Peace Out!
2017 4th
Michigan Rummy… Sort Of
We customized this Tripoley board to be more like the Michigan Rummy we had as kids. Over twenty years later we finally doubled the stakes from playing for pennies to 2¢. Almost 20 rolls of pennies are in play. It’s a high stakes game!
Dad’s Bear Hunt
My Dad shot a huge 560 pound bear in Manitoba earlier this year. Last night we created this movie from the videos captured on his bow camera. Due to cropping for stabilization and watermark removal it’s hard to tell he was as close as 5-10 yards from the smaller bear and probably 15 yards away […]
Amazon Dash Wand
Amazon is selling their new Dash Wand for $20 to Prime members. When you register it, you get $20 off your next purchase, so essentially it’s free! It’s out of stock, but was when I ordered mine last week as well. Eight days later it arrived in the mail. Since I left town for vacation I didn’t even get a chance to open the box.
A Quick Multimeter Fix
The last couple of times I went to use my multimeter, it wouldn’t read voltages or do a continuity test. I didn’t really need it at those times, so I set it aside. Well, I needed it tonight to diagnose something causing problems in a circuit, so it was time to figure out what was wrong.
After unscrewing the back of the multimeter and looking inside, I noticed there were contacts where each of the cables plug in. I got out some alligator clips to use as test leads and the device worked fine. Then I did continuity tests on the cables and the red one failed.
It was time for some surgery so I hacked the ends off. The wire inside was so small and fragile that it had pulled apart from the probe’s end. I cut a new cable using some silicon wire I bought last week since it’s really flexible compared to the wire I use to build circuits. Soldered the ends back on, put some heat shrink tubing over the connections, and I’m back in business!
10 Years of iPhone
Today is the iPhone’s 10th birthday!
I waited in line at the local AT&T store on launch day, but they only received 5 or 10 phones, so I had to place an order. I had been in the audience at MacWorld that January and got to witness Steve Jobs reveal the iPhone to the world.
I can still picture him repeating “a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device” as if it were yesterday. The device and watching Jobs on stage were magical in many ways. I got chills from watching the video again.
