three hgs will be mission ready by the end of today. I'm aiming for Wednesday as the launch day. The three mission leaders will be cravitz, barthel and bell. I've only got pesky little details to wrap up: get the log cards in each hg, fill up the third hg with sample cases. Finally, I'm ready.
On the chief willy front, I managed to get a mac mini on ebay for $200, and it should arrive this week. Then I'll get it set up to serve the cbtsa site, and eventually, communicate with the river fleet.
As for the rovers, I should have all the gear I need this week. I'm getting the vdip1 from England- thats the thing that will connect the arduino to the phone via usb. There also the USB cable that connects the phone to the mac, and thats in its way too.
Basically, by the end of the week, I should be ready to begin those two efforts in earnest.(chief willy underfoot and the earth rovers).
No progress on eb1 mobile this week, but thats fine. Time for that later.
so chris' advice was great. I made a test sample today in the studio, and now I'm pretty sure I can get the look I want
I also brought a bunch of HG samples over today to fit them into the new cases. One fits 20, the other 30. Not sure how many will fit in the 10 new cases on their way.
I also need to build a sort of cradle to hold the sample boxes inside the case. Something with a handle they can easily be lifted out . I don't want the samples just loose inside.
I think I can build what I need in my dads basement next weekend.
AIM IM with chris
5/15/08, 2:43 PM
chris: what are you putting into those military cases?
Charles Truett: it's going to be for collecting samples. it's a community exploration project
2:50 PM
chris: hmm sounds interesting
Charles Truett: you can participate. once i get the stencils on the boxes
chris: did you get the stencils done?
Charles Truett: no, i need to make them. never done it before, so i have to figure it out
Charles Truett: spray paint is the look i'm going for
chris: i've done a few stencils
chris: the trick is making the design so you can cut it out without it all falling apart
Charles Truett: i'm worried about paint slipping under the stencil
chris: then just print it out and spray mount on bristol or some card stock
chris: well as long as the surface is basically flat you're ok
chris: but you can always use some lowtack spray mount
chris: and when you spray, spray straight on, not at an angle
Charles Truett: excellent. so i need cardstock to mount the print on
Charles Truett: that's a good idea
chris: you want something thick enough to be stiff but not so thick that you can't cut through it
chris: and if you're only doing a few pieces you can use thinner stock
Charles Truett: cool.
Charles Truett: i'm gonna have about 10 of those boxes
chris: yeah, you could get some stuff from ted in the studio
Charles Truett: oh good iddea
chris: these guys do amazing stencils, not sure the cost
chris: http://www.blackbookstencils.com/
3:00 PM
Charles Truett: thanks!
Charles Truett: i need to make a good stencil
Charles Truett: for my new boxes
5:00 PM
Charles Truett: http://cbt3.net/projects/2008/04/new-hunter-gatherer-cases.html
5:10 PM
puchan: i used to do this... back in the day.
puchan: um
puchan: i would get masking tape or sheets of adhesive paper or soemthing...
puchan: then print out the letters and transfer them on the masking tape and then cut it out with a exacto knife
puchan: stick it on the thing I wanted to stencil and then spray paint or whatever.
puchan: it is kind of laborous, but it is good if you don't have a proper screeniprinting kit
puchan: laborious
puchan: i used masking tape cause then it wasn't too sticky
puchan: oh i bet you can use those "temporary" tapes that you can get at the office supply store nowadays.
puchan: they are less tacky
puchan: i made a bunch of screenprinted looking "police" caps for a movie once like that
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