Eclectica » Uncategorized http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com Just a bit of everything Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:05:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 I just made a whistle http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2010/02/01/i-just-made-a-whistle/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2010/02/01/i-just-made-a-whistle/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:35:31 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2010/02/01/i-just-made-a-whistle/

Here is the working whistle I printed out at home. I downloaded the file from here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1046 and 24 minutes later I whistled away. Pretty fun.

from Owen’s posterous

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from Owen’s posterous

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/12/30/great-christmas-present/feed/ 0 3d printer up and running http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/11/01/3d-printer-up-and-running/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/11/01/3d-printer-up-and-running/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:16:01 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/11/01/3d-printer-up-and-running/ I finally have worked out most of the bugs of my Makerbot. See the 1/4″ scale staircase I made:

from Owen’s posterous

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/11/01/3d-printer-up-and-running/feed/ 0 Prepping for halloween http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/26/prepping-for-halloween/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/26/prepping-for-halloween/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:25:25 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/26/prepping-for-halloween/ I made the last little thing for Arden’s halloween costume. Guess what she is going to be…

 

from Owen’s posterous

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/26/prepping-for-halloween/feed/ 0 I trained my dog to jump out the kitchen window http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/17/i-trained-my-dog-to-jump-out-the-kitchen-window/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/10/17/i-trained-my-dog-to-jump-out-the-kitchen-window/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:27:58 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/?p=231 So we have finally completed our dog run. We started it in 2007, with grabbing aluminum fencing that our neighbor was throwing away.


We just wanted to double up the uprights so that the dogs wouldn’t be able to see out(and bark at the neighbors when they walk by). In order to do that I had pull uprights off of other fence pieces. IN that process I chopped up the pieces, Which reminded me of the old TV show Space:1999.

So now they dog run is complete by the side of the house. We built some steps from the dog run up to the window sill in the kitchen. Right now it is a totally closed off area, so the dogs get in and out thru the kitchen window. So in the morning the Mazie wants to go outside so we go downstairs and I open the kitchen window and she jumps out. Cloda needs a little help.

I’ll get some pictures up soon. I thought it was a crazy idea at first, but it kinda works.

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from Owen’s posterous

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/09/15/life-masks-and-collaborating/feed/ 1 Travel to sustain you http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/09/04/travel-to-sustain-you/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/09/04/travel-to-sustain-you/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:57:29 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/09/04/travel-to-sustain-you/ I wrote the title of this post a long time ago, so long I can’t even remember what it was in reference to. but it is applicable once again. I type this on the road to where we (the family) will be vacationing for a week.

It will be great to spend time without focussing on work. I know I can’t let it go completely, both me mentally and the fact that work still needs attention. but it will be good to spend time with the kids at the beach, sing some songs and do some dancing atthe barn. maybe I’ll have to do another post to explain that last sentence.

I’ll take some pictures and explain some more about ‘Winny’ in the next post.

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/09/04/travel-to-sustain-you/feed/ 0 ETC Videos from the summer http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/08/26/etc-videos-from-the-summer/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/08/26/etc-videos-from-the-summer/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:55:25 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/08/26/etc-videos-from-the-summer/ ETC is about singing songs, making music and theatre. One notable part of that is when we perfrom our children’s show over at Camp Dost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doMwyD_gLYc

 here is a strange but beloved part of ETC- Unwinding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJepTdUMEk

 Although it is a summer theatre school there is our school song traditionally called our ‘camp song’ even though we are not a camp. But of course it is not a traditional song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hKTSX1pgc

Oh My God There Are Things In The Trees by Larry Simon  
Download now or listen on posterous

There are Things in the Trees.mp3 (3471 KB)

More to come later…

from Owen’s posterous

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/08/26/etc-videos-from-the-summer/feed/ 0 EVerything you need to know… Can be found in Star Wars http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/02/27/everything-you-need-to-know-can-be-found-in-star-wars/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/02/27/everything-you-need-to-know-can-be-found-in-star-wars/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:55:46 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/?p=189 Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA

]]> http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2009/02/27/everything-you-need-to-know-can-be-found-in-star-wars/feed/ 0 Deer caught in the headlights http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2008/10/16/deer-caught-in-the-headlights/ http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/2008/10/16/deer-caught-in-the-headlights/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:15:56 +0000 O. http://eclectica.courtneycollinsstudio.com/?p=163 Found Via theHuffington Post-

McCain mentioned “Joe the Plumber” almost constantly throughout the final debate — even tying him into an attack on Obama’s health care plan. But the move led to a “deer in the headlights” moment for the Republican.

See it here:

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