I've upgraded my light tent for macro photography yet again. I reused most of the PVC components from the Mk.1 design but replaced some of the pipes to make the tent wider; I had sometimes been limited that way with the original design. I'm keeping this one at the office instead of at home and wanted to be able to accommodate one of the 23-inch wide patch panels I've designed, which requires a significantly wider light tent.

Upgraded frame on IKEA table

I designed the Mk.2 around some left-over IKEA GALANT parts we had in the office, which yielded a table 47.5 inches wide and 31.5 inches deep. I bought some M10-threaded caster wheels and screwed them into the bottom of the GALANT legs to make the table mobile for ease of re-configuring my office area.

In my product designs at my day job I sometimes specify torx-headed screws. This could be because the heads resist tool damage better. It could be because torx-heads are more available at the time for some particular combination of thread and length and material I need. Or it could just be because they look cool! Whatever the reason I need a number of torx drivers; in the larger sizes 1/4 inch hex-ended bits are just fine but for smaller sizes I prefer to have small screwdrivers for each one. Since I don't like them rolling around loose in a drawer I made a rack out of 1/4 inch birch plywood on the laser cutter.

• Complete one 5k footrace: No progress.
• Earn Fechter rank in HEMA: No progress.
• Do 10 pullups in a set: nine
• Do 100 pushups in a set: 40
• Do 200 situps in a set (right now I'm at 50–60): achieved on March 11.
• Add five new videos to Youtube: one
• Launch three new web projects: one
• Add five significant projects to my personal site: none as yet.
• Add eight artworks to my personal site: none as yet.
• Post 24 new blog entries: this is my tenth blog post this year
• Launch my crowd-funded project: Still prototyping, nothing to report.

Here's a quick and dirty demonstration of turning an old hard drive into a very poor disc sander. It took all of twenty minutes, but don't worry: the video's been sped up considerably. Hope you like it!

• Complete one 5k footrace: My knees are still not healthy; as soon as I start running again (perhaps I do this too soon?), it's not long before they start giving me pain.
• Earn Fechter rank in HEMA: No progress as yet.
• Do 10 pullups in a set: I've reached 9 pull-ups in a set, only one off of my goal, without any particularly dedicated training; it's more a side-effect of all the push-ups and planks and various other strength-training I've been doing.
• Do 100 pushups in a set (I tested at 21 at the beginning of January): I'm in the high thirties now.
• Do 200 situps in a set (right now I'm at 50–60): achieved on March 11. I've started doing a lot more planking as it feels like a more concentrated and efficient workout for the core muscles.
• Add five new videos to Youtube: none as yet.
• Launch three new web projects: One launched, the administrative interface for our embedded linux terminal server.
• Add five significant projects to my personal site: none as yet.
• Add eight artworks to my personal site: none as yet.
• Post 24 new blog entries: this is my eighth blog post this year; I've fallen off the pace considerably.
• Launch my crowd-funded project: Still prototyping.