I found this kit in the Los Angeles Science Center shop. They had a few different UGear models – I settled on the mechanical box. I assembled it in between 1 and 2 hours – it was pretty easy and required no glue. And it works – you can see it on a table in […]

I bought this kit in Japantown in San Francisco and finally had time to assemble it today. And it works! Put it in bright sunshine and it slowly walks – check out the video:  

I recently bought a kit to build a cardboard skeleton, about 4 feet tall, at a local Barnes & Noble. I finally put it together yesterday and hung it from my mic stand in my office/studio.

Aviva has been looking for something to put an oriental box on for a while – she found a black shelf with red interior at a neighbor’s (they run a regular yard sale of furniture). We got some gold wax and applied it, first thinned with mineral spirits, then direct from the can. We think […]