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1. Make friends
2 entries . 28 cheers 1,748 people
2. Keep my promises
1 entry . 30 cheers 114 people
3. Finish unpacking
1 entry . 9 cheers 122 people
4. Build a workshop
7 entries . 13 cheers 31 people
5. Pray
1 entry . 9 cheers 216 people
6. Learn to draw
2 entries . 15 cheers 1,987 people
7. Learn to sculpt
11 entries . 15 cheers 67 people
8. Meditate
11 cheers 2,763 people
9. learn to play the didgeridoo
1 entry . 5 cheers 72 people
10. Build a pipe organ
2 entries . 15 cheers 3 people
11. Go camping
1 entry . 13 cheers 2,509 people
12. Make a clock
9 cheers 15 people
13. Retrobots: Reinvent the wheel
6 entries . 4 cheers 1 person
14. Build a solar oven
4 entries . 16 cheers 20 people
15. Build a solar furnace
5 cheers 5 people
16. Visit a Zen center
7 cheers 1 person
17. Make a radio
2 entries . 5 cheers 3 people
18. Teach my boys woodworking
12 cheers 1 person
19. Build a mechanical computer
4 entries . 2 cheers 4 people
20. Invent cheap solar biodiesel
1 entry . 5 cheers 1 person
21. Get my ham radio license
6 cheers 61 people
22. Grow a vegetable garden
17 cheers 354 people
23. Learn blacksmithing
1 entry . 7 cheers 38 people
24. Finish my novel
8 cheers 860 people
25. Learn to play blues guitar
9 cheers 53 people
26. Buy a home
3 cheers 967 people
27. Write a how-to book
2 cheers 2 people
28. Fly kites
4 cheers 14 people
29. Fly model airplanes
1 cheer 2 people
30. Make my own webpage
2 cheers 34 people
31. reduce my possessions by 50%
10 cheers 1 person
32. Read about Australian history
7 cheers 1 person
33. Build a sailboat
3 cheers 46 people
34. Build an electric car
1 cheer 65 people
35. Build a steam engine
1 cheer 9 people
36. Be more patient
6 cheers 2,908 people
37. Visit the UK
9 cheers 136 people
38. Visit Uluru
3 cheers 22 people
39. Measure the size of the Earth
1 entry . 4 cheers 1 person
40. Read Knuth's TAoCP
3 cheers 2 people
41. Learn about geology
5 cheers 4 people
42. Desire fewer things
14 cheers 1 person

Recent entries

Build a pipe organ (read all 2 entries…)

I’m looking into what it would take to make a busker organ out of Meccano pieces (Erector set pieces, for you Muricans).

Sounds crazy, no? I mean, the whole point of Meccano is that it’s metal with all sorts of holes in it, not the first choice for making air-tight devices. Still, I have some ideas…

Mar 05, 09:41PM PST | 0 comments

learn to sculpt (read all 11 entries…)

And yet another sculpture 11 months ago

This one is about 25cm high and about that wide. It’s an alchemical retort and receiver flask done up as a soldered steel wire sculpture.

Nov 28, 2008, 03:54AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments

learn to sculpt (read all 11 entries…)

Another sculpture 11 months ago

This one is steel and copper wire, about 30cm tall. I call it “Mouth to Feed”

Nov 28, 2008, 03:49AM PST | 1 comment

Home:	Adelaide, South Australia
Member since:	Nov 30, 2007
Birthday:	October 28
About me:	“I’m a Recovering Engineer, a published SF author, and a Sculptor-in-training. Oh, and I wrangle two very active little boys who are distressingly like me (so I’m not allowed to complain; I had plenty of warning).”

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