A house made of sweets
There's a video produced by Tasty from several years ago featuring making gingerbread houses. I watch it every year because I enjoy their videos and the Christmas music makes my heart happy. After a mixed-success of making my own last year, I decided to attempt a family-activity of making confectionary constructions.
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Bread
Sometime before Thanksgiving we (Hykel and I) agreed to bring bread to Thanksgiving Dinner. Rolls, specifically. I figured when we'd agreed to it that we would probably just [...]
Star Trek!
I was going to say that this is the nerdiest thing I've done in public in a while. But I was presenting at MakerFaire just a couple of months ago, so I guess not. I [...]
My Perfect Phone
I got my first cell phone in 2005. It was a Nokia candybar identified by some 4 digit number. At the time I carried it along with a Handspring Edge Palm handheld and an iPod [...]
Attached to a steel cable 30 feet above the ground.
A week ago was Hykel's birthday. After seeing a billboard on the highway (yes, sadly they actually work), she expressed some interest in taking on what is termed as an "Aerial [...]
The Aaron Eiche Podcast, Episode 8
Sometime before my computer had a complete and total meltdown, I made episode 8 of The Aaron Eiche Podcast. My backup routine fortunately saved it for me, and I thought I'd [...]
Me at the Portland MakerFaire
This past Saturday (Sept 15) I got to participate in Portland's first annual MakerFaire. I've written about MakerFaires before, but this is the first one where I was showing [...]
2 Weekends, 2 MakerFaires, 2x the Fun!
"Maker" is a moniker I've espoused for the last several years. While you could probably define it as a lot of things, to me it attaches art to science and engineering. With [...]
The Aaron Eiche Podcast, Episode 7
It's time for yet another episode of the Aaron Eiche Podcast. I've got a very special guest, my brother: Korey. The topic this time around is something near and dear to my [...]
The Aaron Eiche Podcast, Episode 6!
It's time for another episode of the podcast! Just when you thought (again) that I wasn't going to make anymore. You were wrong. In this episode, I talk about animatronics [...]
My Mac is not giving up yet.