{"id":296,"date":"2009-07-05T17:27:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/07\/05\/projects-i-did-but-probably-should-not-have\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:06","slug":"projects-i-did-but-probably-should-not-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/07\/05\/projects-i-did-but-probably-should-not-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects I did, but probably should not have"},"content":{"rendered":"

For months I had this half-finished project cluttering up my desk. Then the other night I finished it up.
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\nIt’s an audio amp inside a coffeecan. <\/p>\n

Now, even as I was making it, I was thinking, why am I putting several hours of work into this? I was making from scratch something that I could buy at Goodwill for a couple of bucks. And the Goodwill version would work far better.
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\nAt the very back you can see the pumpkinseed-sized audio amp IC chip that is the core of the project. Everything else is just a peripheral.<\/p>\n

Then I found myself doing another totally ridiculous project. Making moss terrariums.
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\nEven as I put them together, I thought to myself, there’s no way I’m keeping these.<\/p>\n

This one has shells inside it.
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\nGot them for a buck at the dollar store.<\/p>\n

This one has a tiny forest of crystals.
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\nLike an alien planet or something!<\/p>\n

Yep. Sometimes I start something and I just can’t stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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