User:Steevithak
From Dallas Makerspace
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Steve Rainwater
I'm interested in all kinds of stuff as you can see from my interests section below. Rather than try to write a comprehensive bio here, how about if I just link to all my genre-specific bios and profiles on other sites?
Contact Info
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Interests
Photography, vintage cameras, electronics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, robots, arc welding, MIG welding, metal arts, kinetic art, music, space colonization, urban design, early utopian and communist communities, solar power, wind power, alternative energy, R. Buckminster Fuller, sustainable technology, social entrepreneurialism, science fiction, pulp magazine art, FLOSS (free [libre] / open source software), art cars, bioreactors, microfinance, and lots more stuff I can't think of at the moment.
My Projects
Active Projects
- DIY Crop Sensor Slide Duplicator
- My Vintage Cameras
- DIY Darkroom
- Camera Calendar
- DFW Photo Location Guide
- Notes on Buying, Repairing, and Using Vintage Cameras
Old Projects
- Earth Day 2010
- Found Object Robot Art
- Recycled plastic fabric
- Recycled Fashion Show
- Art Con SEED Clock
- TEDxSMU 2010
- Software Freedom Day 2010
- Traveling Arc
ToDo List
- create page/Perl script to generate vintage camera day event iCal feed
- create project page for La Reunion pond upgrade project
- create an arcade game restoration project page with full text of my old robotron logs
- create a Noise Boundary project page? (or better at DPRG website?)
- kite events AKA has someone made a kite page yet?
Potential Makerspace contests
- lowest cost / kw DIY open hardware renewable energy system
- short video created entirely using free/open software and released under a CC license
Notes on Camera shutter timer / sync checker
- Measuring Camera Shutter Speeds, Peter D. Hiscocks, Royal Astronomical Society
- Picotech example with Siemens SFH2030 photo-diode
- Pricey commercial timer
Old stuff
Test Area
Once we get enough quotes, this is so going on the DMS home page:
What People Are Saying About Us
- you guys fuckin' ROCK!!!!!! -- Kevin Obregon, The Cube Creative
- so awesomely geeky I can't stand it! FABULOUS! -- Sarah Jane Semrad La Reunion
- I LOVE IT!!!!! You guys rock! - Julie McCullough Kim Dallas Make Shop & Studio
