Year: 2017

  • Expanded Armada Fleets

    I continue to slowly expand my Star Wars Armada collection, adding a single set of each of the various ships at a slow but steady pace.  Since I need to outfit both Rebels and Empire, I try to keep both sides roughly equal by adding equivalent ships each time. This most recent adds are the…

  • Video opportunities

    Since I have been attempting to film various activities over the last few weeks, I have started to notice that the interest level and opportunities for filming are actually becoming more common.  It is almost as if having used the process, I am more in tune with it, and are seeing more options.  But more…

  • Its a…. box!

    Successful woodworking project over the weekend, crafting version 2 of the art pencil box for the wife.  This time, the construction was 100% Purpleheart, a far more exotic wood than the basic plywood and chipboard of the original.  In particular, I was challenged by a lack of jointer and planer, which made the panel glue-ups…

  • Purpleheart

    I had planned on working on version 2 of the art pencil box today, but an unusually late night last night (which I have to blame on video games), plus an early and long work outage call (which I have to blame on work) combined to kill that plan.  The wife instructed me that I…

  • Upgraded memory

    Following the video failure during the last Pathfinder game, I opted to update the memory cards in the camera.  As such, I now have a pair of 32 GB cards, which combined should allow for at least 5 hours worth of video.  Unfortunately, that is the largest size of memory card the camera will hold,…