January Eighth
Evening blog reading community. I've been awake for 24 hours doing various things for an extended period of time, so forgive me if this seems phoned in.Spent the afternoon working on the Mario Box, so I'll do a progress post about it tomorrow. Soon I shall be doing a...
It only took six days
I received a package in the mail today. After opening the big white package, smothered in messages that it was from the US postal service, I found a little brown box, with a little brown bow on it. My heart began to flutter because I knew it was the present from my...
Quick, quick, quick, QUICK….Made it!
Well that was a bit of a mad dash. Here's today's picture, and if you're wondering what I'm pondering... "Why do I have bed head at midnight?" That said though I only got up at 7pm, after going to sleep at noon. Ah the life of an unemployed blogger: it's all...
1 UP! The Mario Cube Project
Hello St. Louis! That is, if there's anyone out there from St. Louis reading this... Anyway, you may have been wondering: why, on a blog called "the mad carpenter" has there not been any carpentry? Well, today there is. This project is titled "The Mario Cube" I'm sure...
Sol and Lime
Greetings from the 6th of January here in a freezing cold in Ireland. I spent an hour unblocking the drain outside, and I'll tell you what, I need a damn beer after that. The Whitechapel Porter is in honour of Warren Ellis and his Freakangels comic. A Steam Punk tale...
# Happy Birthday To Me #
Hello there Internet. On this day in the year 1988 I was born. And in the intervening years I've essentially learned how to walk upright, how to communicate on at least a basic level, and how to drink myself into a walking-coma state while still giggling. Apparently...
One day at a time: Pictures
Hello again. Now, in the Intro Piece I mentioned a 365 project that I was undertaking. It's nothing new I suppose, and in some circles I'm sure it's a little hack by now, but I wanted to do one anyway. While Fumbling with the camera after a few beers on New Year's...
Greetings from The Mad Carpenter
Good Evening. I, as you may have guessed from the name of this blog, am The Mad Carpenter. Let's get some housekeeping out of the way first, I'm David, I'm Irish. It's a new year, so it's time to get off my duff and start a proper blog. My reasons for starting this...