Introductory Discourse, Disclosure, and Decisions At this point of the project, I had some decisions to make. And, if I am completely honest, I’m not entirely sure I would make the same decisions again. The first big decision was building material. Years ago, I did a project with MDF (medium density fiberboard) and really didn’t […]
Fantastic Fun Forming Foam Facades (Part 5)
Introductory Discourse, Disclosure, and Decisions At this point of the project, I had some decisions to make. And, if I am completely honest, I’m not entirely sure I would make the same decisions again. The first big decision was building material. Years ago, I did a project with MDF (medium density fiberboard) and really didn’t […]
How to Build an Air Lock Door (Part 4)
The future is not very practical. The shapes of airlock and science fiction doors are so interesting. The bump outs here and there look awesome. Until I built the door, I never gave it much thought. In movies and television, no one contorts their bodies to get through the portals quicker. Or…when they do, they […]
Just Another Door in the Wall (Part 3)
Time Clouds the Mind Since they say confession is good for the soul, I have one to share. I am not a carpenter. It has been a while, so I might have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. The wall build out is really not terribly exciting. In fact, detailed pictures of it are pretty […]
Insider’s Look of the Science Fiction Portal
Ed Catmull, the first CEO of Pixar, is a fascinating thinker with some incredible ideas about running a creative team. In one presentation, he was discussing why everyone loved the movie Toy Story. It isn’t because it’s a single great idea, he said, Toy Story is a collection of great ideas. Everyone brought their ideas […]
How to Construct a Portal to Another World
Introduction My grandparents owned a beautiful Victorian home with these heavy, oak pocket doors that separated the dining room from the sitting room. As a child, these doors were quite scary. They were very heavy, so it took a little bit of effort to get them moving — and, once rumbling down their tracks — […]
Fun in Parenting (or Out-Maneuvering Your Kid)
“Punch buggy!” For those of you who don’t know, punch buggy is an opportunistic form of vehicle identification violence. As you ride down the road, everyone in the car looks for Volkswagen Beetles. The first person spotting one shouts “punch buggy” and accompanies the proclamation with a light (or not) punch to a slightly less […]
Boulders, Bowling Balls, Softballs and Marbles
Imagine each of these things. Different sizes, right? Right. This is how I think about tasks. Boulders are big tasks – they might even be entire projects. Much like a block of marble waiting to be sculpted, the boulder is unrefined…it has no appreciable form. The boulder represents a large unit of work that needs […]
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Win Your DCP (2006)
Take a little Guitar Hero, add a little Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, throw in some people you know, see if it will blend, and you get Win Your DCP.Surely you are thinking, “what is a DCP?” If not, I am disappointed. A DCP is a document change proposal. When designing by committee, one must submit […]
A Phish Tale
This actually happened. Yesterday, I received a phishing email from someone pretend to be the chairman of a board of directors on which I currently serve. Not leaving well enough alone, I had to have some fun. And I truly hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. “Josh” Chris, I’ll […]
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