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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
The Next Installments of the Robot Chronicles Are Up!
Both of these videos are a collaboration between me and Takeshi Kamisato. I was the idea man, camera man, and robot wrangler, plus I did some initial editing. Takeshi came in with his powerful editing skills and made them good. No! Don’t Do It! (Robot Chronicles part 2) and Searching for Something (Robot Chronicles part [...]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
One of My Artist’s Books is Listed in the UW Madison Collection
My buddy Christopher Wilde just let me know that one of my Artist’s Books, called Handwriting, is now listed in the Kohler Art Library online collection. To see the listing, just go to the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection and search my name.
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
I Just Got My 2010 Trading Cards
That’s right! Not only is my new trading card out, but it has a SUPER-AWESOME photo on the front taken by the world famous yo-yo master Raphael Matsunaga, aka: Red. This photo was taken in Takeshi’s living room while Duncan was shooting some new instructional video with Raphael and Takeshi as well as Jack Ringca, [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
I Saw The Secret of Kells Last Night
It may be the most beautiful animation I have ever seen. If you are a visual person, make sure you see this film. There were many times when the imagery alone made me smile or laugh. It’s really just stunning. http://www.thesecretofkells.com/ I missed it when it was showing in Pittsburgh, but it is still playing [...]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
I May Be on America’s Got Talent Next Week
The only thing I’m legally allowed to say is:
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Tried to Capitalize on Kenny Strasser
I was hoping that all of the recent hubbub with Kenny Strasser might work out well for me by letting me get on TV in my hometown of Madison WI, so I wrote to my favorite local TV station to see if they would be interested in an interview. Hello, With all the attention that Kenny Strasser [...]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Nice Model A Ford Starter Troubleshooting Tip
Recently I was trying to find a problem on my 1930 Model A Ford, and before I could completely figure out why my car wasn’t running well, the starter seemed to go out. I couldn’t believe that my starter could fail at just the exact moment that I thought I had fixed my other problem! [...]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
HowToYoYo.com Reaunched With Beginner Yo-yo Store
Yes, it’s true. Harper and I have finally done it. You can now buy yo-yos directly on HowToYoYo.com. It has been the most requested feature for a while now, and since we didn’t want to get into sales on a massive scale, we decided to be a one-stop shop for the beginner/intermediate yo-yo player. It [...]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
The Kids These Days With Their Yo-yo Mods….
I was doing my new Build-A-Battletop Workshop at the Green Tree PA Library and a kid showed up with a whole case of yo-yos. It was awesome. That hasn’t happened in a long time. I think these rumors of a returning yo-yo craze might just be true. So this kid (Ricky I think) had a [...]
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Finally Got A Spoiler and Pimped Out My Toyota
After years of envy I finally got a spoiler on my 1995 Toyota Corolla! Of course I didn’t exactly install it myself, it was installed by nature, one drip at a time. The only thing I did to get these photos was remove snow. The ice is completely unmodified. The car was parked with the [...]
