I built this banjolele, or banjo-uke, using this instructable and Waverly Street’s banjoleles as inspiration. I got the neck and fretboard from the Grizzly uke kit, but modified the headstock with a keyhole saw and drill to make it more banjo-like. I also upgraded the tuners, strings and bridge. Here’s a video of the thing in action.
I built this bike using a mix of new parts (most importantly the frame) and parts from an old bike, which was too small and too slow. Visit Velospace for full specs. It’s got enough oddball components that I guarantee I’ll never see another one like it. (Dirt drop handlebars are rare enough, but I added reverse brake levers and a friction thumb shifter to make them look truly unique – but also uniquely functional.) I love this thing. It’s everything I need in a bike right now.
Recently, I’ve been learning beginning Flash game programming from a book. One of the projects was a simple simon game. Instead of doing it just like the book, I came up with a novel variation, which I call Kootchie-Koo. To be completely honest, it’s a failure as a game (too slow). But it is good therapy . . . as long as you like baby laughter.
Original baby image here.
Now is a good time to check out this site I created for filmmaker Jason Reid. He’s currently filming in China and blogging about his crew’s adventures.
Casual Industrees logo
To promote his in-the-works documentary, filmmaker Jason Reid asked me to create a shirt along the same lines as the logo for Casual Industrees, who would be doing the screen printing. So I came up with this design, which uses the same Japanese rising sun motif:
Ironically, it was one of the guys from Casual who, after seeing the design, shot back that Chinese people hate Japan and Japanese stuff and that Jason would be foolish to actually wear this shirt in China. He went with it anyway.
Filmmaker Jason Reid contains multitudes. To reflect this, he asked me to create a suite of web sites to promote his various franchises. He wanted simplicity and a uniform look across the sites. Indeed, the only differences across the sites are color and content. Click on each to see the sites in action.
To promote himself and his new suite of websites, filmmaker Jason Reid, asked me to make some business cards. They’re two-sided and the color schemes correspond to those on the websites. As with the websites, simplicity was paramount.
To promote their ultra-low budget buddy cop opus, Haymaker & Sally, filmmakers Damon Agnos and Jason Reid employed me to do their website. Click on the screenshot to see it in the digital flesh. (BTW, the trailer is NSFW.)
Before creating a new suite of websites for filmmaker Jason Reid, I had to create a sharp new logo for him. The basic version is in two shades of gray on black, but in practice the logo becomes shades of whatever ground color it’s on, as long as it’s dark. (See the websites and business cards for examples.) Doing it this way gives a better depth effect to the overhang on the ‘2′, as if it’s coming out of the shadows—very cinematic.
Just completed is this water bottle label I did for Intellifit. Although it’s not pictured, what pleased me most about the final product is that the waves match up perfectly where the ends of the label join. Thanks to Culligan in Missoula, Mont. for getting it right!
