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Check out OOK

2010-11-22T15:58:00.001-08:00

Quickie update here - be sure to check out OOK (Once I Owned a Kestrel) on IndieDB...

http://www.indiedb.com/games/ook-once-i-owned-a-kestrel

3Form

2010-05-25T15:18:00.000-07:00

Yet another intense delay between postings. I have been waaay to busy lately. However, now that I get a moment I'd like to introduce a little project of mine called 3Form. 3Form is a 3D Sculpting app for the iPad. It is about 70% completed and is expected to arrive within the next month.

What happened to OOK? Just paused until this project is done. As soon as 3Form is completed I will be resuming work on OOK.

That is all.

WHOA DUDE

2010-03-10T18:36:00.000-08:00

Yeah... WHOA! It's been over a month since I last posted. Sorry about that. There're a few new things. For one I worked a lot on the game engine for OOK and have some great progress. Check it out here:

http://www.moddb.com/games/ook-once-i-owned-a-kestrel/news/emergence-of-ook

I'll be posting more from now on. Things have been really busy.

Until then,
Ryan

SND Forum Back Online

2010-02-07T02:27:00.000-08:00

I have finally transferred the SND forum over to the new site, as well as completely remade the theme from scratch so that it's 100% unified. Check it out and join the community here:

http://spiralnebuladev.com/forum/

ICSE Brute Destroyer

2010-01-28T13:56:00.001-08:00

I'm currently working on the texture for the ICSE Brute Destroyer. This is one complex sonofabitch. Enjoy. :)

http://grab.by/22rR

Delayed

2010-01-21T12:26:00.001-08:00

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted. That doesn't mean it's been a while since I'm made progress on my computer. You can check out my ModDB to see any updates for Once I Owned a Kestrel, and follow its development. I implore you to do so. The more followers I have, the faster I work. It's a simple matter of motivation. So if you want to play this game soner, click the link above and become a tracker!

Thanks guys.

Henceforth, Whaleman dominates the world.

2010-01-07T22:47:00.000-08:00

Hello pimples,

A long time ago in a city very very close [to me], a man named Jeff came up with an idea for a video game. The epicality of this game could not be imagined. And so Lugaru was born. Now, years later, a new game is conceived – the likes of which no man, woman, or bunny had ever seen before...

I stand before you today in commandment. Go forth and vote. Be part of ModDB's 2009 Mod of the Year. However, in order for my will and that of many others to be fulfilled I want you to vote for the following titles:

Overgrowth
Natural Selection 2

Again, click here to vote.
http://www.moddb.com/events/2009-mod-of-the-year-awards/top100

Divinity System, even closer!

2009-12-10T20:38:00.000-08:00

YO. Whatup. Check dis out:

http://www.moddb.com/games/ook-once-i-owned-a-kestrel/images/divinity-90-complete

Above is the divinity system almost completed. As you can see, I created and placed the other station in the system. All that i have to do is add more roids and finish texturing the SAR that I already modeled and UV Mapped. Soon! Milestone 1 almost complete. Yee.

In other news, I have just discovered that Wings3d now supports items being baked. Below is a link to a screenshot. If you want to know how and can't figure it out yourself I'll create a video and show you. Just let me know on the Forum

http://grab.by/17Gq

More Interface Design!

2009-12-07T19:11:00.000-08:00

Hey guys. I have been working really hard at a beautiful and functional interface for OOK. So far I have completed the In-flight screen, the INFO menu, the Radar, and the Map. I still have a lot to do including the planetary interface, the comm interface, outfitter, shipyard, mission computer, trading post, etc. Stick around, I'll be working hard at them for the next week or so!

Gallery on ModDB:

http://www.moddb.com/games/ook-once-i-owned-a-kestrel/images

Interface design, Divinity system begun

2009-12-06T22:53:00.000-08:00

Hello! I have been working very hard and I have done the following:

- Neared the completion of the Divinity System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTZCL6PC3w
- Created the Energy Station mode, and textured it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq-oQJRaBAc
- Designed v1.0 of the game's interface: http://grab.by/11GP

Enjoy, and more soon!

Oh noes! Where did I go?

2009-12-02T16:51:00.000-08:00

One word: Thanksgiving. I went home for thanks giving and so have not been on the computer much. Though I came back and have done a couple models. Check out my youtube channel. Also when there, make sure to look at this model:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCr0XKvxkWQ

Added a video page

2009-11-23T00:16:00.001-08:00

As well as adding the forum today, I've also added a video page with an embedded youtube player. It filters my youtube videos and only plays project-specific videos. Check it out on the projects page. Click the video link under the appropriate project. Right now this means the only project, which is OOK. Or click below.

http://spiralnebuladev.comoj.com/video.php

Forum added

2009-11-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

I have finally added the forum. It is an install of the bbPress forum, customized extensively to fit my site. It now is very unified and looks great. Check it out. Register. Post.

http://spiralnebuladev.comoj.com/

Writing + Additions

2009-11-16T18:18:00.000-08:00

I've been writing tonight, as well as working on the site. I made it look much better. Check out the writing on the projects page. You know where. And if you for some strange reason can't locate the projects page, click the link in the previous post.

down there
v v v v v v v

And here it is. An introduction to OOK

2009-11-14T13:15:00.001-08:00

Check it out here, on the projects page of the SND website.

http://spiralnebuladev.comoj.com/projects.php

ALAS! Yes, that's right! The back story, TYPED!

2009-11-14T01:32:00.000-08:00

Almost. I'm about 2/3 of the way through typing up my back story which I have on paper. I'll finish tomorrow and put it up on the site! Soon you guys! Hang in there.

Definitely some progress

2009-11-12T01:10:00.001-08:00

What I've been doing recently is mapping out the systems on paper. Previously I had a list of each system and all the entities that will be in it. Now I am mapping the systems on paper in order to more efficiently map them in the 3d environment. I also have someone working on modeling low-poly asteroids for the systems. Progress is being made!

PS: Here's a link to the OOK Galaxy with a few system labels on it.
http://spiralnebuladev.comoj.com/img/OOK_Galaxy.jpg

Working on OOK's Website

2009-11-07T20:17:00.000-08:00

And actually it's a bit more broad than just OOK. Spiral Nebula Development is what I'll be calling myself. You can check out what I have of the homepage below. You'll see a gallery with placeholder images which are just the background image of the title bar. That will soon automatically pull from many of the screenshots I have taken of project-related works. Below the gallery will be posts from this blog. By using this blog on my home page I can continue to post in one place only and it will be automatically referenced by the SND site.

Also there will be a forum once I finish the rest of the site, and probably I will wait until I have made more progress on the game to put it up. I will be filling out the info and projects section ASAP.

http://spiralnebuladev.comoj.com/

Enjoy.

New ship, check out my youtube channel

2009-11-06T14:26:00.000-08:00

Below is the link to my youtube channel and also a link to the specific ship, as you may view this post long after the ship is posted. :)

Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/teh1ghool
Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCnkTI4faA

I have not been lazy! I promise.

2009-11-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

Despite it being halloween weekend, I have not been too lazy. I have been trouble shooting my code for the iphone engine I am working with. I am still fairly new with C++. This weekend I also learned OOP (Object Oriented Programming) in C++, which is nice. It has helped me already to organize and write the code necessary to continue with my project. You'll see some results soon on my youtube channel.

Gratsi, bitches.

Railgun is now textured!

2009-10-27T11:49:00.001-07:00

It is here, on my youtube page. Subscribe to me.

http://www.youtube.com/user/teh1ghool

And if I have newer posts, here's the direct link.

Click here to see Railgun Textured

Enjoy.

The First Galaxy of OOK

2009-10-25T02:20:00.000-07:00

I don't believe I ever specified the name of the game I have been working on. This is because I don't plan on giving it a name until it nears completion. I do, however, have a working title. It is Once I Owned a Kestrel, or in short, OOK.

I wanted to draw the galaxy map that I had drawn on paper a while back, so I spent yesterday doing so. While the systems are still unnamed in this picture, I do have all the names on paper and will be inserting them soon.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4337/screenshot20091025at218.png

Well, well? What has Ryan been up to?

2009-10-21T00:49:00.001-07:00

Let's see. First off, I wrote my essay for english. A on that. Then i took my test for computer hardware. Another A. Oh! And also I wrote a php master server for Dim3. Dim3 is a game engine developed by Brian Barnes by the way. Good stuff. Also! rifi Apparel has a new shirt. Or two? Check 'em.

http://wa.site40.net/

More models!

2009-10-13T00:52:00.000-07:00

Ok guys, I've created another model for my game. You can check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/teh1ghool

Just to be productive –

2009-10-07T23:53:00.000-07:00

I have promised myself I'd do at least something toward the development of my game almost every day, so today I created a website design for the progress of my game. I'll code it soon, but check out the photoshop screenie.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3001/sites.png

Oh, one more thing. Here's a railgun I made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIApKFvEyQE

I been biking a lot...

2009-10-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

And I'm really tired. I've also been eating a lot of beans after I bike to help with soreness. They have much needed protein. Also hotdogs. Meat. Meat. I need protein. Plus I need to rebuild the muscles on my right leg. After all, it sure did get skinny after surgery.

New shirt on rifi Apparel

2009-10-01T18:17:00.000-07:00

You'll want to check this one out. :D

http://wa.site40.net/shirts.php

SWIIINNEEEE FLUUUUU!!!!!!????

Got into my classes

2009-10-01T16:34:00.000-07:00

Don't know if I mentioned this, but I was wait-listed on my Computer Hardware class. I was confirmed and brought off the wait-list today. NOW I have all the classes I want!

Meanwhile... Check it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFcMdJe-hw

Woooo school

2009-09-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

So as mentioned, school starts TOMORROW! Im really excited. It's been pretty uneventful up here without school. Ya know? School is a place to meet people and I love learning about subjects that I am interested in. This first quarter will probably be not as fun, as I'm getting situated and registered a little too late for all the classes that I want.

Speaking of registration! I am still wait-listed for my intro to computer hardware class, so I had to go into the school today and sign up for backup classes! I still have a good chance of getting into the class if I show up, but if I don't my classes will be less exciting. It's all good, though. I have plenty of time to take classes that I want. I hope to take electrical engineering classes, and web development classes at some point. Another class that interests me is a database development class. I feel like it's something I need to learn. Oh, and possibly certain web design classes, as hard as they are.

See ya on the flip side.

PS: The beginning of concept art for one of the Subspace Acceleration Rings in my EV-Style game:

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs236.snc1/8334_143336019140_735034140_2768966_7170745_n.jpg

So begins COLLEGE!

2009-09-27T21:15:00.000-07:00

As mentioned above, I start college. When? Two days. That is, on the second day from now. September 29th, 2009. Excuse my short sentences. End.

WHAT!? Microsoft mending their ways?

2009-09-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

So I recently got my new MacBook Pro for school. I just installed VMWare Fusion and Windows XP Pro onto it, only to find out that Internet Explorer 8 now has a 'Compatibility mode'. Now, In case you don't know me enough, would like to state that I have a grudge against IE, as do most web developers. This is because its renderer breaks a lot of rules which the W3C has make a standard in all compliant browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Camino, etc). So, I was about to make my site compatible with IE when I discovered that by default this compatibility mode is turned off, and counterintuitively this makes my site work correctly! Would you believe that microsoft makes it so that when compatibility mode is off, its browser doesn't break the W3C standards? WELL... LOL to that! Ha! Anyways, this is good news. I simply had my site (http://wa.site40.net/rlayne/) let users know to upgrade to IE 8 if they are using an older version, or to switch to a nice browser, listed above.

Good job, Microshit!

:)

Back... again!

2009-09-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

I just moved up to seattle for school. I'm pretty much settled in now, sorry for disappearing again! I'll be doing some more work on that airplane, as well as other things. For instance that computer game. I made another model for it. Check it out.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8323/screenshot20090921at839.png
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8323/screenshot20090921at839.png

Keep in mind this isn't textured!

Remember, I have an apparel website!

2009-08-10T10:20:00.000-07:00

Remember to check out my apparel website. There is a new item every week.

http://wa.site40.net/

Also join the facebook group. The link is at the site above.

Little progress of yesterday

2009-08-07T10:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had other things to do, so I made little progress. I did make important progress, however.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3429/picture130g.png

Changes:

1.) Moved EDF (Ducted Fan) forward
2.) Smoothed out rear body shape
3.) Changed v-stab shape
4.) Modified efflux (exhaust pipe) to create more thrust

Day 3, Canopy progressed

2009-08-05T19:33:00.000-07:00

It's day 3 and the canopy is progressing smoothly. As you can see, I've begun to layout the struts for it and the undercarriage that allows streamlined flow from the canopy into the intake.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7493/picture131n.png

Changes:

1.) Canopy shape changed slightly to give more of a 'fast' feel to the shape
2.) Canopy method of attachment perfected
3.) Canopy struts drawn

Day off

2009-08-05T14:59:00.000-07:00

I spent the day away from my house yesterday to spend time with my girlfriend, whom has now left for 3 weeks on a trip. Today I will be continuing my R/C Plane, so keep checking up.

Day 2, design is looking great

2009-08-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

I have been putting a lot of thought into the design of this airplane. Today I focused on the frontal area of the plane, including the canopy and the air intake. In order to maintain smooth aerodynamics as well as optimal air intake, I have been attempting to design a good way to bevel the body's thickness down to the intake. So far so good. The pic below should give you an idea about what I mean.

Changes:

1.) Canopy elongated
2.) Method of attachment from canopy to body beginning to take shape
3.) Intake design taking shape
4.) Exhaust duct narrowed to actual diameter of the engine tunnel
5.) Basic vert stabilizer shape drawn
6.) Side view of plane drawn.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8601/picture130.png

One day's work

2009-08-02T21:23:00.000-07:00

After a good long day's work, check out the progress I've made. Not bad, eh?

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/811/picture132.png

Old projects to new

2009-08-02T12:41:00.000-07:00

So I finally got my ACL surgery and I have been recorvering for the past 2 and a half weeks. I still have months to go, so I decided to start things to use up my time. Seeing as I am very immobile right now, I have finally finished my R/C Plane I had started a while back. My maiden voyage I crashed it into a wall. Oops! It's alright though, it was basically a test airplane to see how spot-on my ability to calculate lift, center of gravity, etc was, and my ability to assemble the plane. Not bad, I have to say. I could have been better, but not bad. My next project, which I immediately started on, was an R/C Ducted Fan Jet. So far, it's pretty sick. Here's what I have design-wise. I'll keep posting!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8601/picture130.png

Hulu

2009-05-26T11:32:00.001-07:00

For the few of you that might not know about Hulu.com, it's a GREAT website to watch shows. I love it. From 24 to Stargate, I watch it all the time. And what's even better is most school networks don't block it! Hah. Enjoy.

I wish I could bike

2009-05-26T11:24:00.001-07:00

I am so pissed that I can't bike for so long. It makes me annoyed and irritated. Rant rant rant. I need a physical activity that I can do that's fun. End Rant.

Tutorials, anyone? Post your reqs!

2009-05-18T10:38:00.000-07:00

If anyone who happens to be passing by wants any video tutorials from me, I would be happy to provide. Just post your requests here! Any program, if you're having trouble I can help.

~Ryan

Birthday

2009-05-14T14:35:00.001-07:00

Oh yes -- And May 12 was my birthday, so I am legal now! Haha.

Torn ACL

2009-05-14T14:33:00.000-07:00

I tore my ACL a while back. Actually, it was a few weeks after my last blog post. It really does suck. I am scheduled for surgery on June 29, followed by a 6-month recovery that forbids me from biking. Horrible. My only form of exercise is now gone, so I actually have to go to the gym. Shit happens.

Some progress

2009-03-29T23:08:00.001-07:00

The past couple days I've been drawing concept art. While I've now got someone else doing the art for certain ships, I decided to do a bit of my own. Because of this art, I was able to model two ships already, and they are lookin' great!

Corvette:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/938/picture116.png
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7366/picture117.png

Python:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3911/picture114.png

The Effect of Friends

2009-03-23T09:30:00.001-07:00

A good friend of my girlfriend's and a friend of mine happens to be an artist. As mentioned before, I'm making a game and need a lot of concept art and writing. While I am writing, my concept art abilities are minimal. I now have someone to assist me by doing concept art. This is great news for me and will accelerate the development of this game greatly. I look forward to the day when it is completed and I am working very hard at keeping a consistent pace. Volunteers welcome, though I have no money to spare until I sell the game.

_Stay Hungry_

Really? Yes.

2009-03-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

I don't know I thought I should just post something because I haven't posted in a while. Umm... I wrote like 10 pages today for a certain thing I mentioned somewhere deep in the not-so-deep bowels of this blog. I have many more pages to do, but seriously I need some concept artists and writers. My plan is to make it into an iPhone game. Normally my approach is to come up with ideas as I go along but this time I feel like creating all the writing elements and concept art before moving on to the real deal. It's how it's done in the industry and it will keep me focused and on track.

Yep.

A new bike trick

2009-03-11T09:04:00.000-07:00

I learned i new trick in the past couple days. It's called a bar spin, i'm sure it's self- explanatory. I need to practice more and learn to do it in the air.

Mail in da house

2009-03-03T11:29:00.000-08:00

Now my card license has already come in the mail. It's pretty awesome. Anyways, what else is new... Nothing much! Oh well I do have some good news. School is becoming close to ending. My girlfriend and I have been going out for some time now -- 8 months, about. She is going up north to seattle and we both were watching silently as the time drew closer. Finally we talked about it. The place she is going (not the college) works for me. And I am going to community college first anyways, so we are in good shape and will be taking that road trip that we wanted after all. And if anything does happen, which is highly unlikely, there are plenty of room for options. :)

Epic win.

2009-02-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

I passed my test. Milk run. :) Now I have my license and I only have to wait 2 months until my provisional is up because that's when I turn 18. Woot!

Driving test today.

2009-02-24T11:03:00.000-08:00

In three hours I'm taking my driving test! :D I am sure I will pass. I'll post how it goes lata! Peace out.

Halo 3 on Guitar

2009-02-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

I am learning Halo 3 on mah sis's electric guitar. It's cool. I'll upload me playing it sometime. When I get good enough. Really I just started teaching myself guitar and it's going pretty good.

Other news... valentines day is cool. Got what I wanted, gave what I wanted. ;)

Woop!

And then a car...

2009-02-05T09:53:00.000-08:00

The kind of car that I want is small, low, RWD, and manual. The other day my friend suggested to me the 300ZX. I checked it out. It's what I want. Cheap used and meets all the requirements that I have in a car. After my bike i'll be saving up for the car Here's a pic. The one I want, btw, is from the 90's.

http://www.tccionline.com/images/1990_Nissan_300ZX_Turbo.jpg

Saving up for a bike

2009-02-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

I am saving up for a new bike. If I get it before the season is over I can get it for 40% off. Great deal. I need the money fast, so I am applying for a lot of web dev jobs, etc. I hope I can make the money fast enough. :) Ideally I would make it by one month from now, but it can be a little bit later!

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain_hardtail/8_series/8000/

My Resume Website

2009-02-01T14:10:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to building my resume website a couple days ago. I have to buy a domain name yet, but check it out! Pretty good, don't ya think!? It's nice and search-engine optimized.

http://wa.site40.net/rlayne/

Wooo it's been a little while.

2009-01-30T11:13:00.000-08:00

Wow, I have been off mah blog for a while now. Time for an update. Remember that game from before? Well it's getting along. I am going to be releasing a demo version soon. It will consist of only online play, but it'll be fun. It's already fun. As soon as a couple more engine bugs get fixed, I'll show you guys some updates. Well, I can't say you guys yet. Especially since my blog has no followers and I doubt it has much any views.

Peace out. lol.

PS: If you stumble across my blog, comment on my posts. Do it.

Happy New Years

2009-01-01T11:44:00.000-08:00

Happy new years to those who might stumble upon my blog.

This new years I vaguely saw the fireworks in the city from miles away. Good stuff. :) Before that, my girlfriend and I had some fun. You know what I mean! And after the fireworks we attempted to gather a bunch of friends to chill in the park with a fire and speakers and such. It failed because half the people were too smashed to make it and the fire wouldn't start. And would you know my girlfriend drank a whole bottle of sake and I had to drive her to her friends house in her own car and have her friend drive me home. Yay for having my permit for 8 months and being too lazy to take the driving test!

My new years resolution? I enjoy learning new things on my own time. For the most part, things that relate to computers. I know several programming languages and recently have taken up another. Because of how useful I have found learning, and the amount of projects that I have that are close to or half-way completed, I have decided that from now on I will not leave a project unfinished. I believe that will help me so much this year, as I take on tasks that I could never have imagined possible of myself!

Again, for those of you that stumble across my blog, tell me your new years resolution!

~Ryan

Christmas, Come and gone again

2008-12-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

And what did I get? ... >:D

Stereo

Giant speakers

Bike shoes

CO₂ bike pump

Bike gloves (yesss!)

8 GB fash drive

70 bucks

A refill for my snack stash

Concert tickets for me and my girlfriend

Movie ticket card

And such, my presents are awesome and I will make good use of them!

Happy haunting!

BORED!

2008-12-23T14:31:00.000-08:00

Bored right now. What will I do? Maybe a bike ride, don't know! I best get showered and dressed though. Especially since it's already 2:30 PM :D I guess I do have a couple of gifts to buy, etc.

Peace

I have my work cut out for me.

2008-12-15T22:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah. Fun work, shall I say. I have taken up the task of updating xBlaze(http://xBlaze.co.uk) to OpenFire-C. Hopefully I can do this and then I'll finally be able to use xBlaze again with AdiumX! (http://adiumx.com) Plus I made and am still fine-tuning an automatic kitty feeder for my cat. Made out of a soda can, run by my programmable AVR chip.

Let's see... What else? Finals week! There are not many finals for me this semester. Just two, on friday. But I still have to study! Easy stuff. Plus I've been doing a bit of website work here and there. Enough to keep me busy. Oh yes, and of course, I decided to start learning the Halo theme song on guitar. Haha, going to take a while. :)

Until next time!

I have seen what I shall call "Awesome".

2008-12-11T23:03:00.000-08:00

So tonight I went and saw this film that was in the film festival called "The Way Bobby Sees It". I love mountain biking and this film was inspirational to me. It is about a mountain biker named Bobby McMullen who is blind and still rides the trails. I recommend this movie to anyone and everyone. It compares its self up to the Warren Miller skii films simply because of the awe factor of what Bobby does. Bobby was at this showing and talked to us, too. What an amazing and inspiring person.

Hahahaha

2008-12-07T20:50:00.001-08:00

Ok ok so last night my girlfriend and I went into the city. First wit hit up haight street (birthplace of acid and at one point weed-capital of the united states... fun!) Was pretty awesome. My first time going there and now I see why she likes it so much. Weed stores too. One of them sells salvia. Haha! Anyways, after that we went up to twin peaks and saw the whole city. It's always foggy so you usually can't see it! Keep in mind it was night time so it was all lit up. Very cool. Here's the ...most fun part? Sarcasm there. But at least it was an adventure. So basically we were looking for this night club to check out tickets for a concertish there next friday. We knew what street it was on but just couldn't locate it! We literally drove in circles for an hour and a half before we got directions and finally made it there. By then we were so annoyed that when it came time to drive home, we accidentally turned backwards onto a fat one-way street! And would you know we had a nice big truck and two cars staring down our noses. We fail so hard sometimes. :) At least we made it out alive!

Selling shirts

2008-12-06T15:13:00.000-08:00

Hey again, I have a little bit of news. My friend and I have been working on a little something to earn some money. Based him his ideas I've created a website to sell shirts. It's pretty neat and we're adding a new shirt every day. Of course, this will slow down after about a week, until there are a decent amount of shirts. Tell me what you think.

>>Click here to see Warlords Apparel<<

O! Hai!

2008-12-02T22:40:00.000-08:00

Well wow I totally forgot about this blog! Interesting... I deleted all the old posts 'cause they were old and retarded and there was only a few. Now I've decided to start this back up again and with some cool stuff.

I started to learn circuitry a couple weeks ago! My first project is making a railgun. Basically I'm using a disposable flash camera's charging circuit to charge up a decent sized bank of capacitors. Upon charging, they will be discharged down rails and through an aluminum projectile. The projectile will encase a material like steel, which melts at a much hotter temperature. When the capacitors discharge it should vaporize the aluminum encasing and create a magnetic field, accelerating the piece of steel along its rails.

But there's a catch! I'm also making this railgun a turret! using pots (variable resistors) and servo motors I will be able to control it. Another +: I will be mounting a small camera on it as a sight so that I can properly and accurately aim it.

Wish me luck!

In other news... school is awesome and easy. Possibly for college I'll be doing digital arts. I have my eyes set on one college. We will see!

:)