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"A Really Hard Thing" in white text with a black bubble around it. Underneath is a small stick figure holding a blue balloon 4 times the size of the figure. Underneath this is the text "How it feels right now". Next is a stick figure holding a bubble that is now only 2 times the size of the figure. Under is the text "How it will feel in a few months". Finally, there is a stick figure walking comfortably with the bubble instead their heart. Underneath is the text "How it will feel in a few years".

Big Things Get Smaller

This is a perfect example of how learning works! Initially, things are scary because they are too big or hard, and then I try and over time, it gets easier and easier. Eventually, it's easy to forget that it was daunting initially. Original Post

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Mar 16

Colorful geometric shapes on a wall, including "L" shapes in blue, green and magenta.

Lines through Space

Today, I finished another William F. Whiteside- inspired art piece to fill in a hole on my office wall! It looks great from far away, but I am a bit more critical the closer I get. I need to remind myself that mistakes happen. I'm improving with each painting I do.

# office # art

Sep 10

A three shade cube in blue on a yellow hexagon canvas.

Geometric Cube

I'm on a painting kick because I just finished this project a day after finishing the previous one. Years ago, I saw a painting in my favorite Chicago diner by William F. Whiteside, and I recreated it with different colors for my office. I'm super happy with how it turned out!

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Sep 9

A house with a broken turret nestled in the woods. The main house has stained glass windows, a weather vane and an owl on the front door.

Owl House Painting

One of my favorite recent shows is The Owl House created by Dana Terrace. It originally aired on Disney Channel, and I watched it on Disney+. I really like the idea of having subtle nerdy things as my backdrop during video calls, so I painted the Owl House from the show.

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Feb 27

New office configuration

Instead of recording video #1 for the new series I'm planning, I reorganized my office, and added some new shelves. I guess the videos will have a pretty background at least!

# house # office

Feb 11

A "Pets of Tighten" calendar pinned to a mint green wall. This month features my two dogs Velvet and Geo.

Tighten's February Calendar

This month on the "Pets of Tighten" calendar features my two dogs Velvet and Geo.

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Jan 22

Jazz Club (10312) - Bag 4

Bag 4 ✅ With that it looks like the first floor is 99% done. There's still a gaping hole in the front of the Jazz club, so I'm curious what that build will look like!

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Jan 21

Jazz Club (10312) - Bag 3

Bag 3 ✅ In this bag I really enjoyed building the Double Bass case (bottom right attached to the bass player). I wish it could accommodate the actual instrument that he's holding but that would have made it a lot bigger. Also on the bass player, there is a hearing aid or monitor on the right side of the head which is a print I've never seen before!

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Jan 20

Jazz Club (10312) - Bag 2

Bag 2 ✅ The first floor is coming along! I really liked building the stage (bottom right) and wood burning pizza oven (bottom left).

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Jan 19

Jazz Club (10312) - Bag 1

Bag 1 ✅ Follow along on my progress with building the latest LEGO modular building: Jazz Club (10312)

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Jan 18

Gridfinity Nozzle Box

Model Source: Printables I printed this using Blue Inland PLA. I really like how the design has two rows for the .4 nozzles, since we have a ton of those nozzles.

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Jan 10

Gridfinity Wrenches

Model Source: Printables This is printed on Blue Gray Filaments.ca EcoFill PLA. I don't have Stanley wrenches, but this box worked great for what I've got.

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Jan 5

Yellow 3D printed soda can holder printed for use with the gridfinity system. The background is a light bamboo desk.

Gridfinity Can Holder

Model Source: Printables Printed with Inland Yellow Matte PLA.

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Jan 4

Timeular tracker with a sicker of a Minecraft creeper. It is resting on a black base that is supported by a yellow gridfinity base. The base rests on a bamboo desk with a keyboard cushion in the background.

First Gridfinity Contribution - Timeular Tracker

I use a Timeular Tracker to track what I'm working on during the day, and wanted to add it to my desk Gridfinity baseplate. Designed using Zach's Parametric templates in Fusion 360. Model: Gridfinity Timeular

# gridfinity # printing # fusion

Dec 30

Gridfinity AirPods Pro

Model Source: Printables I printed this using Matte Yellow Inland PLA. This holds the AirPods securely but also can be removed without much difficulty.

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Dec 24

7 dice in assorted sizes, shapes and colors arranged neatly on a matte yellow 3D printed bin. The bin is on a bamboo desk.

Gridfinity Dice Holder

Model Source: Printables Printed with Inland Matte Yellow PLA. The D6 doesn't really fit in the slot for it, but the rest fit well but are still easy to remove.

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