KwartzLab Makerspace » fun http://www.kwartzlab.ca Home of Kwartzlab Makerspace in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:53:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Regular discussions with hackers, makers and artists at the Kwartzlab Makerspace. We talk about what projects people are working on, what events are coming up and how you can get involved. kwartzlab no kwartzlab podcast@kwartzlab.ca podcast@kwartzlab.ca (kwartzlab) A hackerspace radio show kwartzlab, hackerspace, makerspace, diy, hardware, software, maker, hacker, artist, roundtable KwartzLab Makerspace » fun http://www.kwartzlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/light_box_logo.jpg http://www.kwartzlab.ca Kitchener, ON kwartzlab is fun http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/09/kwartzlab-fun/ http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/09/kwartzlab-fun/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:30:25 +0000 DW

  This is dancing in kwartzlab. Not good dancing, but dancing nonetheless...   [flickr]3891085977[/flickr]

  Brothers In Arms, what a great album

 

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  Our Six Sigma process analysis uncovered this inefficiency in the organization: beer is distracting.

 

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  Music also comes on these things. There's a 3.5mm jack hooked to the CD input, so bring your MP3 players and we'll all spin our own tunes in turn.

 

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  My bruv, Dave, came by to hang.

 

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  Cedric thought bubble: "Just look what I have wrought! Excellent."

 

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  Alex is not giving me the finger here.

 

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  Bevan thought bubble: "Oh yeah, we gotta do that too."

 

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  Field trip to Pepi's for pizza.

    Then on Saturday...    

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  It's all business today.

 

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  Taping drywall. Hi Cheryl!

 

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  Cleaning windows. Also ripped up the drywall window "sills" so the shiny new hardwood sills can be put down.

 

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  And patching drywall.

 

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  kwartzlab offers indoor parking.

 

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  Yup, just 12 days left. Making good progress. Good job everybody.   DW

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This is dancing in kwartzlab. Not good dancing, but dancing nonetheless…


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Brothers In Arms, what a great album

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Our Six Sigma process analysis uncovered this inefficiency in the organization: beer is distracting.

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Music also comes on these things. There’s a 3.5mm jack hooked to the CD input, so bring your MP3 players and we’ll all spin our own tunes in turn.

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My bruv, Dave, came by to hang.

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Cedric thought bubble: “Just look what I have wrought! Excellent.”

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Alex is not giving me the finger here.

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Bevan thought bubble: “Oh yeah, we gotta do that too.”

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Field trip to Pepi’s for pizza.

Then on Saturday…

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It’s all business today.

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Taping drywall. Hi Cheryl!

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Cleaning windows. Also ripped up the drywall window “sills” so the shiny new hardwood sills can be put down.

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And patching drywall.

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kwartzlab offers indoor parking.

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Yup, just 12 days left. Making good progress. Good job everybody.

DW

]]> http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/09/kwartzlab-fun/feed/ 0 The right idea, anyway… http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/08/right-idea-anyway/ http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/08/right-idea-anyway/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:20:42 +0000 edbored From the 'close but no cigar' files...

There are many levels of innovation and industriousness - running the gamut from the Rube Goldberg school of design to the Red Green school of duct tape repair.

Then there's:

http://thereifixedit.com/

I must admit that some of my own projects might qualify for that site. Thankfully, not all of them.

Cheers.

]]> From the ‘close but no cigar’ files…

There are many levels of innovation and industriousness – running the gamut from the Rube Goldberg school of design to the Red Green school of duct tape repair.

Then there’s:

http://thereifixedit.com/

I must admit that some of my own projects might qualify for that site. Thankfully, not all of them.

Cheers.

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