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Build Log

2026 Q3

The AwkEng and the Pen and Pencil Index July 4, 2026

2026 Q2

AwkEng Personal Project and Clocks for Father's Day June 8, 2026
The AwkEng and the Receipt Printer v2 (and the AI Gets Tired) April 9, 2026

2026 Q1

The AwkEng Wants Buttons Back January 12, 2026

2025 Q4

The AwkEng Pahks the Cah (Revisited) November 18, 2025

2025 Q2

The AwkEng Revives an Old Project April 7, 2025

2023 Q1

The AwkEng Organizes the Crayons March 26, 2023
The AwkEng Builds a Better Mouse Trap Catapult January 22, 2023

2022 Q4

New AwkEng Poster - System of Eroding Goals November 16, 2022

2020 Q4

The Awkward Engineers Uses Bits of Wax to Make His House Better November 28, 2020
The Awkward Engineer, Trello, and Love of Physical Paper November 18, 2020

2018 Q1

How to use a personal SCRUM board March 23, 2018

2017 Q3

Bus Sign Development Log August 8, 2017

2017 Q1

Bus Sign Progress 2 March 8, 2017
Bus Sign Progress February 15, 2017
New Project: Single Purpose Hardware Bus Stop Sign January 30, 2017

2016 Q4

The Mini Newspaper Project December 19, 2016

2016 Q1

The Franken-Test-Rig March 10, 2016
Olive Voltmeter Clock Production and Quality Improvements February 5, 2016
Surface Mount Prototyping February 4, 2016

2015 Q3

Voltmeter Clock Final Assembly September 22, 2015
Case Painting September 21, 2015
Progress Update: Case Manufacturing September 19, 2015
Circuit Board Production Photos! September 18, 2015

2015 Q1

It's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up. January 6, 2015

2014 Q4

Milestone Reached! November 10, 2014

2014 Q2

Empty Infinite Loops May 7, 2014
Voltmeter Clock Power Management on the ATtiny84 April 21, 2014
Board Design For Manufacture April 4, 2014

2014 Q1

An Introduction to Microcontroller Selection, by Someone Who's Never Selected a Micro Before March 24, 2014

2013 Q2

Making Stuff: The Twitterbox June 11, 2013

2013 Q1

Take a Peek Behind the Curtain of What Makes Internet Commerce Run March 4, 2013
The Unicorn? He's Here for Quality Control February 1, 2013

2012 Q4

How to Use @RitDye to Make an SLA Prototype Any Color You Want December 27, 2012
Do People Still Make Things in America? YES! December 26, 2012
Making Stuff: Prototypes and #EngineerProblems December 25, 2012
Pictures and Video From Today's Photo Shoot December 24, 2012
Research and Development Never Tasted So Good December 23, 2012
@quickparts I used @RITdye to tint your prototypes December 17, 2012
Making Stuff: From Art to Part December 6, 2012

2012 Q3

Progress at the Old Button Factory September 12, 2012
Sometimes... Things Don't Go As Planned August 13, 2012
Look, a Cell Phone Robot! August 2, 2012

2012 Q2

Return of the Button Factory April 18, 2012