I am enamored with the notion of 3d printing. Basically, you take a 3d model, and using the latest and greatest technology, “print” it out. The tech can be used for practically anything from making furniture to precision instruments to custom made robots.

Yes, robots. In perhaps the most useless application of 3d printing, web site MyRobotNation enables users to build a bot from pre-built pieces and stickers. You can pose it, color it and size it as you see fit. In the end, you get the robot of your dreams, or as close as you can get with the pre-built pieces that are supplied.

I already ordered my death machine…

I AM TOBOR! (It's Robot spelled backwards! He he!)

I love Halloween. My favorite holiday. Did the usual this year. Pumpkin carving and trick or treating with the kid.

Adding to my photographic collection of Daleks is this WWII war Dalek. If you can believe the sign, it’s one of the Daleks uses on the show. It was sitting next to the actor who played Winston Churchill in the Doctor Who series. Oddly, I was more interested in the Dalek than the actor. Too much time with my iPhone I guess.

I have lived in the SF bay area 15 years and didn’t know until today that there was actually a really good Egyptian museum in San Jose.