As Far As I Can Tell

I’ve been working on various little updates here and there. The Moped BBQ 10 information page is now up on the Moped Army website. There’s a lot more info on that page if you’re logged in as a member, so if you are, then log in. I’ve also created a survey you can use to reserve a BBQ 10 t-shirt in a specific size and style. Please only do this if you plan on coming and eventually buying the shirt.

Last weekend I went down to Sturgis to make screens for these t-shirts and failed miserably. Dan went along, and we spent nearly 8 hours in the process of reclaiming screens, degreasing, emulation coating, letting them dry, exposing them — and then washing the under exposed design out of the screen. It turns out that every type of emulsion is different. The type you use and how thick you put it on all effect exposure time. Since my light table is low powered my expected time was already 30 minutes. I ordered the exact same emulsion I used before and I plan on redoing it this weekend using the process that my known exposure time is calibrated for. It’s frustrating to learn things the hard way, but at least it’s still learning.

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Yesterday I updated the description of The Collective Unconsciousness Project. The old one was written three years ago and never refreshed after the newer version launched a year later. Annoyingly I also had to update the link on the homepage that goes to my Macromedia Site of the Day award. Macromedia has taken down their older award listings in favor of having a few selected highlights from past years. This is disappointing since I never received any sort of official documentation outside of the website. I expected the award notation to always remain there. I’ve linked instead to the Wayback Machine’s version from June of last year.

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Following up on an earlier note, my brother ended up getting the job he was offered in Philadelphia. They flew him out for an interview on Monday and he’ll start as soon as he gets back from Italy. This is the sort of post graduation employment fantasy so many people are sold upon entering college, but which rarely materializes.