Octopus

by marky on January 26, 2010

weird seascape – stain and paint, sheet-a wood

Geocache in Hollywood

by marky on January 26, 2010

As benevolent geocaching citizens, we took it upon ourselves to dry out the rain-soaked log sheet. This was out first Hollywood cache found with Wenny’s new GPS.

Topanga

by marky on January 26, 2010

so much for our line art tattooed camouflage idea…

Winter

by marky on January 26, 2010

I love Wen’s first work on the new art wall in Venice.

Patented Technology? Wireless RF Link

by marky on January 26, 2010

It’s amazing what crafty wonders are hidden and dormant within now-obsolete 1999 technology. Inside the head assembly of an old JVC VCR deck, was this beautiful coil-to-coil signal connection that enabled a signal to pass inductively from the spinning tape heads to the not-spinning chassis (pictured) as magnetic tape was read by sliding diagonally across the two rotating heads (mounted 180º apart).
Sony built the tape-head assembly, but it appears that the patent is owned (or was owned) by a U.S. company (does it still have a value?). Inside was also a 3-phase motor and a surface mounted optical sensor that counted single revolutions. I took it apart to cannibalize a few components (then got a little distracted with the possibilities of this thing).