Comments for Mike's Spacetime

Comment on Filtering EMI from Switching Power Supplies by Linda

Linda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:05:09 +0000

Amazing what goes on behind the scenes…

Comment on ORD Camp Photos and Panoramas by Alissa

Alissa — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:53:00 +0000

The headless dude in the first photo is especially compelling…

Comment on Sculpture No 1 & 2 done! by Linda

Linda — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:44:26 +0000

These sculptures are amazing, Mike. Love how you integrate your skills and interests.

Comment on Art by Matt Crowley

Matt Crowley — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:40:49 +0000

Your sculptures are wonderful! I’m glad I could see them up close.

Comment on We have lift off! by Ken Crady

Ken Crady — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:41:01 +0000

This is great, son!

Comment on Driving the LEDs by Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:42:30 +0000

Hey Mike, what do you think about an observation tower just over camp, topped with a target for the large lasers to play with, maybe even compete over, say, a 56 pixel cube shape. Trying to zap it all to their color as it spins at disco speed?

Comment on Beautiful Proteins by Alberto

Alberto — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:11:55 +0000

Nice work, man! Thanks for sharing. I dig that you decided to start curating images of proteins you “find beautiful for some reason”. I am interested in the aesthetic experience (from artistic and cognitive science perspectives), and how it becomes the driver for the things we do. Keep the collection growing – that reason might reveal itself to you.

Comment on Playa Dome by admin

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:14:37 +0000

The Reflectix starts out relatively stiff and gets softer and more fabric like with use. t some point after several uses little bit of the aluminum start peeling off (actually makes for a gorgeous starry night sky when inside during the day).
WInd was no problem at all, I used heavy steel stables (about 1ft long) to hold down the dome and the snug fit of the cover means it doesn’t really pick up much wind.
Different in Hindsight ?
- Dont buy their aluminum tape – buy general purpose aluminum tape, its just as good, often wider (thus stronger) and way cheaper.
- Apparently you can find cheaper Reflectix-like material. FOr example this shipping material comes in larger sheets and is cheaper i believe then the stuff you get specifically for home insulation at HomeDepot or similar. http://www.uline.com/BL_472/Cool-Shield-Bubble?keywords=Insulated%20Shippers%20%20Supplies
- Coordinate the dome size with the pieces used for the cover then you dont have to do any special workarounds like I had to. Unfortunately in my case we already had the frame so I had to deal with it.
- Rather then gluing on a tarp skirt to wrap underneight the dome, just make the bottom Reflectix pieces larger. THat would have saved a lot of time.

Comment on Playa Dome by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:07:45 +0000

Thanks for the post. I stumbled on this while looking for a more portable and durable alternative to building a hexayurt while still staying pretty comfortable. Now that the dome has been to the playa, are you still happy with Reflectix? Did it hold up in the wind? Were you able to take it back a second year? Anything else you’d do differently in hindsight?

many thanks!

Comment on Flame effects, 1997, Pascal & Assembler by Alissa

Alissa — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:38:35 +0000

You were a born firespinner, even then…