I bought this kit a while back and still haven’t done anything with it, but my plan is to change that this weekend. Hopefully I’ll have a bit of time to myself to get the soldering iron going without distraction.
Tag: Electronics
I do like electronics, I’m not sure I understand a lot of it, but I do like it.
Where’s that Thingamagoop? Oh yes, here it is!
I posted this to instagram earlier, but I liked it so much that I thought I’d put it here too.
Is there anything new?
I’ve been continuing to read Nicollas Collins book ‘Handmade Electronic Music’, and I’ve started to think that there are no new ideas to be had. There were so unique and creative ideas musically that I started to wonder if I would ever find a way to do anything unique.
Then I started to realise that I don’t need to do anything unique, just something that sounds good, at least to me. Because that’s what music is about.
Twine could be just what I’m after
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/twine-listen-to-your-world-talk-to-the-internet
I like the idea of this, especially the web app part too, but I might need to investigate it a bit more before I commit to it on Kickstarter.
Handmade Electronic Music
I love this book. I have the paperback edition somewhere but I can’t find it right now, so I decided to buy the iBooks version as part of a plan to be able to make some of the circuits using iCircuit on my iPhone.
I realise that this sort of defeats the object, but when you’re on a train it isn’t easy (or advisable) to start soldering. There would be unpleasant consequences I should imagine.
Anyway, that’s my plan, and we’ll see how it works out, but if you don’t know this book, then it is excellent if you want to get into DIY electronics.
Soldering Iron Found, Projects can commence
That is to say that projects may commence at some point. It’s a step in the right direction I suppose. I probably need a few more bits and pieces sorted out before I can get going, so realistically, after Christmas.
At least, that’s the plan anyway.
Romo, you have to have it, or at least I do
Ever since I first saw this on kickstarter I knew I had to have one, so I finally decided to fund it. I’m so looking forward to getting it in Feb next year!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterseid/romo-the-smartphone-robotOne last picture from the Ethometric Museum
One last flyer from the Ethometric Museum from Edinburgh.
About The Ethometric Museum
I was at the Edinburgh festival at the end of August this year and saw a bunch of shows. Some good, some not so good, some amazing. The Ethometric museum fell into the last category without a doubt.
We arrived at the venue and waited for the start of the show. We didn’t know what to expect at all. Just before the show was about to start a woman in a tweed suit asked us if we were here to see the Ethometric museum. We went with her out of the venue and around to the back of the building. She explained that we would need to wear hard hats for the duration of the show.
We went into a cellar under the building that was dimly lit and filled will racks of strange looking old machines. They looked like something out of the 1950’s. The woman gave us a 5 minute talk about the Ethometric museum and then explained that we would need to be completely silent during the demonstration.
What followed was an incredible performance of noise makers and synths that I absolutely loved. It was a triumph of making and music. The instruments were so beautifully made and the sounds so unique, it was a superb experience.
If you’d like to know more about The Ethometric Museum you can find information at Ray Lee’s site.
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