Category Archives: Photo

Documentation lighting workshop at Hack Pittsburgh

Posted on February 3, 2010 by mahto

UPDATE: The Documentation Lighting event is canceled due to the impending inclement weather. Stay tuned, it will be rescheduled! Want to present your projects online in the best light? Frustrated with the way your documentation photos come out? Need a … Continue reading →

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Building a wall for a workshop

Posted on January 31, 2010 by mahto

We spent the greater part of the day building out a wall to section off the workshop area at Hack Pittsburgh. This is how it went!

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Design idea: Parrot wire strippers

Posted on January 30, 2010 by mahto

Seriously, is anyone marketing tools like this?

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Results from Passport Photo Night @HackPittsburgh

Posted on January 14, 2010 by mahto

I think they came out well, though obviously not all of them are actually for passport photos. I ended up using a single flash, camera left through an umbrella, with a metal reflector to the right of the camera. If … Continue reading →

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Here is bread, i cooked it.

Posted on January 13, 2010 by mahto

From a recipe in the Betty Crocker cookbook. Basically 2.5 cups white flour, 2 cups wheat flour, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 2tbsp oil, and some yeast. Come out to HackPGH tonight to try some

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A visit to the Bay Area!

Posted on November 23, 2009 by mahto

I’ve had a great time visiting wonderful people in California this past week. Thanks to Mars and Amelia for offering a place to stay, and to everyone who put up with me and my requests to see what they do … Continue reading →

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Assembling a drill press

Posted on October 22, 2009 by mahto

Here you can see how I built a drill press, and consider the vacant spaces on the top of my head. It wasn’t very complicated, so the video is very short… This was really just a quick test. I learned … Continue reading →

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