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Tag: Boy Scouts
A touch less travel
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Skipping the travel this week, and staying home, thanks to the red tape involved in travel arrangements through work. Admittedly this works well, it gives me a chance to get to my older son’s Boy Scouts Court of Honor this week, and we have preparations to wrap up for the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby this…
Snow park beats GURPs
As previously mentioned, we changed our calendar in favor of a Boy Scout snow park trip, instead of the usually scheduled GURPs Warhammer game. Although not everyone ended being able to attend, those that did had a fun time. Weather was overcast and threatening rain, but it never arrived, and the day stayed a comfortable…
Video challenges
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So here I am on my latest round of work-related travel, when I discover that my intended video sync-up on my laptop did not take place as planned. As a result, I am stuck downloading the 22 GB file over hotel wi-fi from my home server. Not a good start to my attempt to get…
Catapults ready for summer camp
As a project for the Cub Scouts, for this year’s summer camp, I am constructing a pair of sling-shot style catapults for the kids. This weekend was the final time I have to finish them, and I managed to complete all the pieces and do at least a test assembly. The real test of course…
The weekend project
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Between rebuilding my FreeNAS server, editing gaming videos, traveling for work, and various other activities, my schedule is rather full these days. The latest challenge is an ask from the Cub Scouts to build a functional set of “rubber band” style catapults for use during Day Camp this year. Since that is rapidly approaching, and…