More trees with eyes!

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

MAKE: Blog: More trees with eyes! — very nice. Read more..

Stuff I want but don’t need

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Bending Over Is For Chumps — actually I totally need this! Ordering today. Waspknife. For the sharks in Lake Washington. Jawbone 2. Rich ... Read more..

Halloween ideas — green fire, rope lights, DMX, floor plan software

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

How To Make bright green fire | Wonder How To — cool looking, i wonder how toxic this is Cheap ambient lighting with rope lights. Cool idea, my mausoleum could ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Don’t Need

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Meet Rockwell’s Jawhorse — I have a thing for portable work benches and their ilk Borosilicate Tea Kettle — just because I like saying it, “could ... Read more..

OS X Home Control Server

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Perceptive Automation Releases Indigo 3.0, Mac OS X Home Control Server | eHomeUpgrade — I’m going to need an X10/zwave control program for the mac for future halloweens, perhaps this ... Read more..

Skull-A-Day

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Skull-A-Day — daily inspiration Read more..

Electric Motors for Props - Bride of Power Pack - Halloween Prop Building Supplies For The Home Haunter - Monster Guts

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Electric Motors for Props - Bride of Power Pack - Halloween Prop Building Supplies For The Home Haunter - Monster Guts — new product from these guys for halloween, a ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Don’t Need — Tool Edition

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Grip Twist Avoids Knotty Situations — kind of cool, i would use if sitting around in the garage, tho I would never go search out Indexable ... Read more..

Chicken Wire Ghost

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Easy, Do-It-Yourself Ghost : Wacky Archives — nice. I don’t know that I have the viewing distance in my yard to make this effective. But not a hard ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — grab bag

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? Arbortech Power Chisel — who doesn’t need one? Awesome for Halloween sculpting. Of course my sculpting skills suck, and adding power to them ... Read more..

Stuff for Halloween — Voice Modifier, Rotary Chisels

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

digital voice changer kit — I already have a voice mod box that I use with a large prop, but this might be a nice one to use on my ... Read more..

Skull speakers

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

GeekStuff4U.com - Skull Speakers — Nice! Read more..

Replace my X10 crud

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I still have a few old crufty X10 devices I control at Halloween time. I am seeing a lot of Zigbee and Zwave products and think I need to ... Read more..

Ideas for next Halloween

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

eHomeUpgrade | HomeSeer Releases Z-Tool Advanced Z-Wave Installation Software — way better than the x10 stuff I’ve used in the past. Fogscreen projection — stupidly expensive but cool Read more..

Stuff for next Halloween

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? It’s Just Cool: On-Demand Dry Ice — OK kind of useless actually but no one else on the block would have one. But I ... Read more..

Halloween postmortem

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Another great Halloween. Hundreds and hundreds of visitors. Awesome weather. A few notes for myself: Pneumatics failed. Compressed died. Why? I don’t think it was just an ... Read more..

Halloween costumes you should probably avoid

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Inappropriate baby Halloween costumes, volume one — I suspect someone will call Child Protective Services on your child’s behalf. Unless you are going as a loser, I would pass on the ... Read more..

Vortex Tunnel

Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Too late for this year but maybe next — Eric recommends this — Laser Widow laser light show is battery powered and lights up the room with a cool home ... Read more..

Halloween Status

Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Dry run last night: Foggers in good shape. Large fogger ran fine on about a 12.5% duty cycle, will crank up by Halloween night. 3 point foggers (Cujo’s doghouse, ... Read more..

Mirror fun

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

ImaginEERIEing : Mirror — I’ve mentioned this one before, really need to find time to build one of these. next year… Just a concept — manipulatable mirror Read more..

Halloween mausoleum

Friday, September 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

May build a little mausoleum for this halloween. Some motivating pictures: Palm_Cemetery_in_Winter_Park,_FL_-_Creepy_Mausoleum.jpg (JPEG Image, 1797×1188 pixels) - Scaled (60%) Stengel Buhne Hierapolis Collier Crypt Oh and here someone else built one — Someone else’s halloween ... Read more..

Misting Machines

Saturday, September 1st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Misting Fans and Outdoor Misting Systems — probably too wet but another fog system Read more..

Tesla Tuesday

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Dark Roasted Blend: Tesla Power in Your Backyard — some awesome Tesla coil displays Read more..

Halloween props

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Outdoor Garden Statues - Decor — some resin statuary up here that would be good in a graveyard setting Inflatable Hearse — a little too cheesy maybe. but cool. MAKE special ... Read more..

Halloween stuff

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Via Make, uC Hobby ? Blog Archive ? uC Meets BJT — how to control high current devices with a microcontroller D*Face — awesome — how can i turn ordinary structures ... Read more..