Active/Completed/On-Going

• Brewing
  • English Brown Ale (successful 5gal batch near Father’s Day 2010)
  • Black Butte Porter clone (successful 4.5gal batch around August 2010)
  • Belgian Tripel (5gal batch bottled and carbonating as of Jan 2011)
• Music
  • Electronic
    • Thingamagoop 2 (built with part sorting help from Ellie)
    • Andromeda Space Rockers
      • Nebulophone
      • MIDI-IR v2
  • Traditional (used lightly)
    • Traynor YBA-1
      • bass focused mods
      • re-cap
    • early 90’s Fender Jazz Bass ’75 reissue
      • DiMarzio Model J pickups
      • DiMarzio push-pull 250kΩ potentiometers for series/parallel options
      • DiMarzio 250kΩ potentiometer for tone knob
      • Sprague .33μF Orange Drop capacitor for tone

Ideas/Researching/On-the-Shelf

• Brewing
  • Kid-friendly recipe (root beer, ginger ale, cream soda, etc.) for Ellie and I to make for her birthday party
• Music
  • Arduino-based Monome-type controller (inspired by Chronome and more about that device here)
  • Self-designed 8-channel mixer with 4 effects sends and feedback matrix
  • Various stand-alone or combination effect devices
    • distortion, fuzz
    • reverb, delay
    • modulation
    • filters
  • Analog Synthesizers
    • CMOS-based noise makers and droning devices
    • Andromeda Space Rocker format analog based drone device with IR-sync of lfo or modulation
• Micro-computing
  • Brewing environment logger (inspired by SparkFun Bubble Logger)
    • Bubble counter (maybe with bubble duration to approximate volume)
    • Ambient Light Sensor
    • Barometric Pressure and Temperature Sensor
  • Lighting Project (inspired by Ambient Mood Light and Ambient TV Light)
    • Random or Controlled Hue
    • Programmed or Music Synced Pulses
    • Motion or Environmentally Triggered (temperature, proximity, etc.)
    • Displayed as framed art piece or hidden