Escapades

Coding
World's worst RNG.
I learned Python a few years back, and just took a course in Java last year. I've also monkeyed around with Processing some. I enjoy programming, both as a useful tool and as a great way to screw around.
Woodworking
Mad River Canoe Logo
Fundamentally, I enjoy making things. I'm learning how to make things out of wood.
Electronics
World's worst RNG.
I'm majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I prefer to call it SparkE, but people look at me funny when I do. At any rate, the projects below relate to electronics.
Miscellaneous
Colorado!

Odds and ends that won't be written about often, but merit mention. 
Textiles
Pannier, Redux
Metal
Hammer and Anvil
Blacksmithing 101
Bike & Build
Fire trucks behind us
August 9th - Wildfire!

Over summer 2015, I volunteered with Bike & Build, an organization that arranges cross-country cycling trips that aim to involve young adults in affordable housing. Over the course of the summer, we bike cross-country, averaging 70 miles a day (the longest day is 116 miles.)

Some days instead of cycling, we volunteer with local affordable housing organizations (usually Habitat for Humanity). On build days, we work on the build site from 8-4 or so. 

You can track my progress with Bike & Build's route tracker. Bike & Build also has a page describing my route. 

The articles below chronicle my journey in photographs. Hover over any photo for a caption or click to enlarge. I know that some images are sideways; I can't change that with the tools I have. You can click on the enlarged image to view the raw picture, and your browser should autorotate the picture.

Fake

By Ben Nitkin on

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Here's some left-floated text.

This is a fake article from the past to test the archive block. I'm also testing out theming stuff on it.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"54","attributes":{"alt":"Smiley face!","class":"media-image","height":"32","title":"The original bitmap","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"32"}}]]

This is more text. Honest to god, I swear. If I see any more text... This is text. Really, truly, absolutely. It flows, it jives, and does everything text does. Lorem ipsum and so on. Rambley ramble ramble. Ramshackle huts littered the river's edge. As the skiff pulled up to the dock, its passengers prepared to debark. They thanked the captain for guiding them so far into the Amazon. The ramshackle dock groaned under their weight as they climbed out of the boat. I think that's enough text to show how the image is floated right. Hooray.

Gosh, I wish that the formatting showed in the editor, too. Fah.

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