Category: Projects

My Recent Blockchain Articles

In 2018, I started writing about blockchain, and blockchain gaming in particular. I began on LinkedIn and then started to write professionally for CryptoSlate. Meanwhile, one of the steps I want to take before leaving Facebook is to reignite my content creation on this blog. Rather than attempt to replicate any of that content here,… Read more »

Introducing Orbiter 8

I am a little late in introducing my latest project as I have been working on it for well over a year. However, after all of this time, I’ve never written a blog post about it. Orbiter 8 is a Web 3 game dapp (decentralized application) designed to run on the Ethereum blockchain (a decentralized… Read more »

My First Raspberry Pi Robot

I’ve been doing a lot of things lately, and blogging is clearly not one of them. Most recently, I put together a Raspberry Pi robot. I used the Redbot kit from Sparkfun as well as their RaspiRobot controller board. I also found a cute quala head portable speaker to attach later. My mother asked for… Read more »

Polar Bear Progress Report

It’s been over 9 months since I last blogged about Polar Bear’s status. A lot can happen in 9 months. I’ve invested a fair amount of blood, sweat, and tears. I laid down new flooring. Currently I have bed liner coating against the metal, a foam later next, wood on top of the foam, and… Read more »

Rebuilding The Bear

Almost 3 months ago, I posted that I was gutting Polar Bear. The saga continues, and much has come to pass. I ripped out the flooring, headliner, seats and dash. I cleaned, painted, and started rebuilding. I’ve started migrating from brown to gray. I even added a rotating seat mount for the passenger. The new… Read more »

Polar Bear Soon To Be Gutted

Since my last Polar Bear post (think I might start them all this way) , I haven’t spent much time or money on Polar Bear. I did have an adventure with the radiator blowing up. I wanted to replace it myself but time did not work to my advantage and I had to pay a… Read more »

Polar Bear Spotted Roaming The Colorado Mountains

Since my last post, I’ve put new tires and fender flares on Polar Bear. I started off with the notion of getting simple black steel rims. I ended up with teflon rims. They were nearly twice as expensive, but it’s something I really just wanted to splurge on. I’ve never purchased rims before, I wanted… Read more »

Spare Tire Rack Mounted

After spending piles of money on paint and a rear diff rebuilt, I finally got a chance to re-install the spare tire mount. Before reinstalling, I ground the whole thing down a bit and put about 5 coats of black spray paint on it. I also hung the tire itself, for the first time. The… Read more »

Polar Bear Update – Oil Pressure and Exhaust

The attached image is a photoshop Nino did that includes a lot of the cosmetic changes I want to make to Polar Bear. The cargo box and solar panel were not in my plans, but Nino just happened to find that particular Sportsmobile Penthouse pop-top at the right angle to do the photoshop. Polar Bear… Read more »

Introducing Polar Bear

On October 24th, I purchased a van from a fella in South Lake Tahoe. Nino and I named her “Polar Bear”. The idea is to turn this van into a camper. To be honest, I’m not 100% confident that this is the van I want to build from. I want to have a mechanic look… Read more »