I don’t have a tattoo. I’ve thought about it, and I certainly am curious about it. Does it really hurt? Can I take it? Who am I? What would I get written on me permanently? This?… The reason that I don’t have a tattoo is that I have…
Continue readingI named this “Where Peacocks Dare”, but Ubisoft/RedLynx rejected the name. Gee, I wonder why? This is my third, and most ambitious Trials Fusion track so far. I never played Trails Evolution, so I have not been at this very long. But this track seems to be getting…
Continue readingI didn’t like the picture of the rolling ball sculpture, so I “Photoshopped” it. I removed the power cord form the picture. Here’s the finished sculpture, with mechanical lifting levers/arms, after a bit of work on the image. It’s not the best work I could do, but I…
Continue readingThe latest version of Linkage 2 is available here. New or Different The arrow keys will now step the simulation forwards and backwards. The old [ and ] keys still work. Holding the shift key while pressing a left or right arrow will step the simulation 10 steps…
Continue readingI discovered that my code was using the screen zoom in one of the DXF export calculations, and that the math used to guess at a good connector radius was not quite right. After fixing those two issues, I also made a change to improve the solid link…
Continue readingI need to name these things somehow. I’ve been using the colors to name them, but this one is a sort of muddled blackened steel. This post contains a video of the finished sculpture as well as some historical photos and commentary on the construction of this RBS….
Continue readingThe ball lifter now has a track to go with it: The track screws onto the ball lifter mechanism frame. It can all be disassembled if maintenance is needed on the mechanism. A little oil is all that the mechanism might ever need, but building this as a…
Continue readingThe Linkage program is showing a really weird bug. Bug In the picture, it is obvious that the dotted line that is the arc between two connectors A & C, is not passing through the sliding connector D. This gets worse with time until the triangle shaped link…
Continue readingI love computer games. I try to deny it, but I love them. In a computer game, you can do things that are impossible in real life or even in any non-computer game. In a computer game, you can build an empire, kill lots of bad guys, explore…
Continue readingThe above image is part of a patent. I found this while searching for kinetic sculpture images. It never occurred to me that a person could patent a kinetic sculpture, or any art for that matter. I wonder if my ball lifting mechanism (below) could be patented. I…
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