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Sometimes the devil delivers......

2012-02-07T23:15:00.000-08:00

Stew ✆ to TheDevil

Hi Mr Devil sir,

I am 29.........and ignore the press. IT IS OK TO GIVE A CHILD A PEN THAT LOOKS LIKE A SYRINGE.

Its not a real syringe, it does not symbolize drug taking. This is the Marlboro man all over. Even then people weren't dumb enough to think that if you smoked you would become a cowboy.

Unlike some children's toy adverts who make you believe your child will have light shine out their arse and fart thunder after you buy them the latest supersoaker-pokemon-fantastic-scooterthing.

Can I have a pen? I use it to write letters to people to tell them how changing the rules will not save their stupid children from doing stupid things, and if they weren't such stupid parents (or married inbreds) that they could educate their children right from wrong so the world doesn't have to hold their precious little dim-dims through their whole lives.

Right rant over.............hmmmmm on that thought looks like a going to need to write a bunch of letters, dumb bastards seem to be breeders. Could I have a few pens?

--
Cheers
Stewart Farr
B.E. M.B.A.
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and today I got this.........

Thank you miss lady Devil.
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As promised......the colour version of the archive

2012-01-26T10:26:00.000-08:00

Will do UX lesson 1 for you guys tomorrow. Work is hectic today.
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Blackout

2012-01-17T17:43:00.001-08:00

Sometimes you need to learn to suck it up, and realise you don't know anything.

2012-01-15T02:00:00.000-08:00

Just now I have had one of those moments. Well, that is probably a bit harsh. Lets put it this way - every thing I did know had a different name before :)
So here is where I had my moment of finding out my head had been in the sand.......You see it frustrated "What is this UX thing - is it for Apples only?"
Thankfully these guys came to the rescue for me : www.uxpassion.com

Now don't get me wrong. Turns out I did know what UX is...........but when I was a youngin - it was called "User Experience".........yes that's right. I learnt this stuff before we even abbreviated it. Now my grey hairs are starting to show. But I learnt this all WAAAAAAYYYYY before I became an engineer........back when I was suppose to become some big thing with designing and stuff. Back before numbers killed my brain.

So its got me thinking, here I come with a interesting concept. All you electrical engineers - listen up, I am going to teach you all what we do wrong, and what all the computer geeks (usually Mac owners) do right. Because the bizzare thing is I can sit on the fence with this one........I have figured out a balance between Web UX and HMI, between SCADA and Object Orientated Product Layout.

So give me a few days to collect my thoughts........and see you back here for bridging school in a week.
-Stew

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Whales Tail

2012-01-11T12:04:00.000-08:00

Its a rather long term work in progress.........may be indefinitely long
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Really buzzing out to this song

2012-01-06T20:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLjHhSOE7s
Gold Guns Girls - Metric.
Just reminds me of cool bikes, and warm nights, in the city.

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Real Robots

2011-12-30T01:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry guys I have been enjoying my holidays a bit. But I thought you might like to see something I have been hanging onto for a while.
REAL ROBOTS! well kind of. Actually they are robot puppets made my Cyberstein Robots.
http://www.cyberstein.co.uk/

Got to love Titan.......looks seriously cool (and a little scary)

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Something from the archive.......

2011-10-25T18:40:00.000-07:00

edited from an old TooL image. I will see if I can find the original color copy.
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Finally there has been an article explaining the frustrations of engineers!

2011-10-09T02:49:00.000-07:00

Recently I read the following post on idealog:
Engineers can build a low-carbon world if we let them

FINALLY! Someone has said it. Because truth be told, this has a personal frustration of mine for a while. Y'see while there are all these lovely green initiatives out there - 99% are political smoke screen.
Recently lovely clean green NZ introduced an emissions trading scheme. Great if you think introducing financial instruments will save financial markets.......not so cool if you an engineer or designer that is trying to fix the world by improving something.

Fact of the matter is that some things in life have been made more efficient, engineers/scientists/designers have tried to make a low carbon world........and we have since the dawn of time.

I first envisioned LED lighting way back when white LED's first came out (1996?) and even got to test my theory in 2005 with a project involving "Lamps" which I convinced the client would be more efficient with 4 x 10mm LED (4 x 0.25w = 1w) vs their standard 4 x 1w bulb.
So they went from this

To this on the breadboard

But eventually got turned down (power wise) so that it didn't burn retina's and they ended up with this

Which ran less power than their previous unit. Less power = less generation = less carbon.
All of this done without and ETS, or any other "green initiative". It simply came from a young engineer wanting to do something better.

So now move forward 6 years. I have worked in the power industry, the water industry, communications industries...... you get the point.
And I have had some fantastic ideas since then. And I know there are much better engineers/scientists/designers than I.
So using what limited brain power I do have. One could conclude there are truly revolutionary ideas out there. Ideas that could save the planet.

So where do these ideas go? Well they go to the same place where all fantastic engineering ideas go, the non-commercial cupboard. Down the back of the warehouse.

So I had to laugh that now LED lighting is a common thing....

About time! but hang on........wasn't it time for this 10 years ago? Why has it taken 15 years to get to this point?
This is because the governments (and Phillips etc) were pushing for CFL.....even though it still uses 20 times the power of LED and has dangerous chemicals. Perhaps the government was talking to the wrong people?

- This is why there are no government initiatives to have grid-connected solar systems.
- Or compulsory solar water heating systems on all newly build homes.
- Or unifuel car engines
- Or DIESEL hybrid cars......

Have a think, pick a topic that has a problem. Then think about the following points:
- Why hasn't someone fixed this?
- Do we have current technology to fix this problem?
- Is there a government/corporate problem that would occur if we fixed this problem?

Chances are someone has tried to fix it, came up with a solution......and then was shot down and told not to open their mouth again.
This is not a conspiracy theory, this is the pecking order of politics.
Unless you wow someone with a bigger beak......your gonna get put back in your place by the next bigger bird.
So get yourself heard designers? If you want to fix the world - make sure you get your ideas, your design in the hands of the general public. Because chances are if you get real people to say yes, the rest of industry and government policy will soon follow.

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Derringer Cycles (@derringercycles)

2011-08-27T03:05:00.000-07:00

Recently I was talking to a friend about building a classic looking bike/moped custom. I was looking at all these cheap engine kits, looking at classic retro bicycles that are having a come-back and thinking to myself; "Hey why not build a classic looking bike........one that still has pedals".
Well turns out I was not the first to think of this.

Derringer Cycles (http://derringercycles.com/) have been doing this particular thing for some time now. And I have to admit I think these things look sexy. Much better than an old Puch. Check out the gallery below. Doesn't it just make you drool?

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Portal Movie

2011-08-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

I just had to share this snippet of fan made movie glory.

If you don't know what portal is, watch. Then google Portal. You can thank me later.

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Lamp_001 complete. Pre-delivery photos.

2011-08-20T19:48:00.000-07:00

Will post a photo when it in its new home. However here are a few shots before it left my hands.
If anyone else wants something similar let me know at farrstdevelopment@gmail.com.
Cheers
Stew

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Classic JDM

2011-08-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

I am a classic JDM fan, have been one for quite some time. They were good cars that looked great and went well. They required very little work and when they did have issues the issues were relatively easy to fix. I just saw this great film on Classic JDM restoration.

Made me want to cry a little. Oh how I miss my 1983 Mitsubishi Sapporo GSL2000

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Someone did some work recently. Lamp001

2011-05-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

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Don't worry will get back here soon!

2010-09-08T23:25:00.001-07:00

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Something I was tooling with.

2010-04-08T00:00:00.000-07:00

Really need to relearn photo-chop and stop using paint.
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Another slightly better logo animation....

2010-02-25T13:59:00.001-08:00

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Hehe something a little messed up for today

2010-02-24T21:24:00.001-08:00

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To go forward, you have to first look where you have come from...

2009-12-13T12:56:00.001-08:00

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WOW TALK ABOUT LOSING THE PLOT...

2009-11-19T14:50:00.000-08:00

Crazy yet?
YES WE KNOW -WE HAVE BEEN SLACK! Truth be told we have been run flat off our feet with stuff outside Farrst Developments. On top of this we have had our first few rounds of disappointments in Fd.

However soon to come there will be a few announcements - none of which we are closing or going away.
EXPECT FOR BIG NEWS MID DECEMBER!
till then - stay tuned for more information
-Stew

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...shhhhh its a secret.......

2009-09-27T03:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/quangi

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YuchiGuchi - Operations Manager

2009-09-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

YuchiGuchi BCom
Hi there...

I am the Operations Manager for FD. I have been involved in banking and investments sector after graduating from the University of Auckland. However, like many others, I have a passion of networking people and discovering talents. Here‘s a quote that I live by at this moment “Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live”!

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Profile : Nandinos Gal - Marketing Manager

2009-09-20T15:45:00.000-07:00

I am a 24 year old chicky hoping to get my hands on a Nandos (or some food business) one day. Dreaded my years at Uni but finally graduated (after four very long years) with a marketing and management degree at AUT. My interests lie in social networking, match making (not referring to the dating scene :-s), designing and letting my creative juices flow. My role here to get people to meet other people and create a huge as network in which everyone knows each other – with the hope to meet some good people along the way. So I say get out there and be exposed!

farrstdevelopments@gmail.com

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Hey there little guy!

2009-09-20T03:53:00.000-07:00

Hey there little fella, see I'm not so scary

I think its time we get a little personal. So I have asked my members to put a brief little profile about themselves here.
You see when we get down to this level, you realize that we are just like you - and we only want to help you. Because you can help us in the return.
FARRST Developments, was originally formed so that I could push some of my own ideas to market - you see I'm not really an artist, I'm suppose to be an engineer.....but I get a bit sick of dealing with the logic day-in-day-out....so i need to have a creative side every now and then.

When i first formed FARRST Developments, I asked a few friends to help me - they were willing to help me on 1 proviso.....I let them also have a bit of fun.
So FARRST Developments went from a one man band to a collective of people who want to do certain things. You may be a lawyer by day - and thanks to FARRST Developments we can promote you as a Jazz Musician by night. You can be your own little hero.
Because I don't think one job fits all - we need to diversify our selves and have a bit of fun.

So if your keen - drop me a line @ farrstdevelopments@gmail.com, tell me what you want to do and achieve, and we can take it from there.

Be prepared for some snazzy stuff soon from us, including a bio from my Op. Manager and my Marketing Manager.

Cheers
-Stew
(Managing Director.....aparently)
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Something new is happening.....

2009-09-08T22:12:00.000-07:00

Someone has initiated a push.....so rather than for me to try and get the wealth, I'm going to leave FARRST Developments a free market. The concept is simple.
You submit what you have designed (concept) and we develop it to market (with you name of course)......with the push of my marketers. So you have something for your portfolio, the market (and employers find out who you are - PERFECT FOR A RECESSION).......and any money made in the process is put back into the system to make it bigger and brighter (I would love to introduce a commission setup - but this will have to grow with the business).

This is not the 60's but this is free love.
This is not a business, but a corporate communist state.
We all march for the 1 good, and all are rewarded individually.
This is FARRST Developments!

So give me your designs! you concepts! your random thoughts - Change the world.
Because at the end of the day many hands make light work.

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PC

2009-08-14T22:36:00.001-07:00

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Vaux Kids T

2009-08-10T14:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.401802438

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did you notice?

2009-08-10T14:15:00.001-07:00

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Subtle Industrial Tote Bag

2009-08-06T22:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com.au/farrst.401146931

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Subtle Industrial Hoodie

2009-08-06T22:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com.au/farrst.401147508

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Something Industrial and Subtle

2009-08-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

I don't know why, but I always wanted to do something subtle with this shot. The industrial feel about it was so subtle. So here is V1.0 of a development for this image

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hmmmm another thought

2009-07-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

This radio is starting to grow on me a bit......

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Something quickly slapped together...

2009-07-22T08:29:00.000-07:00

Reference of Images:
1) http://www.icis.com/blogs/icis-chemicals-confidential/businessman%20laptop%20mobile%20airport%20Rex.jpg
2) http://www.alcoholics-info.com/businessman-breaking-pencil-because-of-alcoholism-pain.jpg
3)http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eFZdKbCwBRY/Rh1BHrRe_rI/AAAAAAAACWQ/nQXtVSox50Q/s400/brown.shirts.marching.jpg
4)http://www.escubeindia.com/support/businessmen.gif
5)http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/public-relations-24.jpg
6)http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4905102/j0302920_Full.jpg
7)http://shortsalebankforms.com/images/CorporateMeeting.jpg
8)http://www.corpeventsmeetings.com/images%205-3-07/corporate%20meetings%2006-01-07.jpg
9)http://www.magnetprivatehire.co.uk/images/corporate-meeting.jpg
10)http://www.ramadarochester.com/imagelibrary/GrandBallrm1497.jpg
11)http://www.eastmountaininn.com/images/businesspic.jpg
12)http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45083000/jpg/_45083595_wall_st3_getty_226b.jpg
13)http://501cweb.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/entrepreneur.jpg
14)http://www.daemen.edu/student_life/leadership/common/graphics/entrepreneur.gif
15)http://www.linoyjoseph.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/entrepreneur.jpg
16)http://www.saleshq.com/nfs/saleshq/attachment_images/0000/1648/young_entrepreneur.jpg
17)http://www.hatboro-horsham.org/406820910113746740/lib/406820910113746740/Anatomy%20of%20Entreperneur.gif
18)http://mlm.business-opportunities.biz/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/leap-sunny-sky.gif
19)http://blog.bzzagent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/phrenology-of-the-entrepreneur.jpg
20)http://www.getentrepreneurial.com/images/entrepreneur%20mistakes.jpg
21)http://www.itsanentrepreneursworld.com/Images/Blog/baby-entrepreneur.jpg
22)http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_2672079.jpg
23)http://www.sothebysrealty.com/Images/en/mapping/pleaseWait_Map.gif
24 standby)http://kayakdreams.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/standby.jpg
25 tech diff) http://www.ashlaknights.net/_wizardimages/technical_difficulties.gif
26)http://www.mmlonline.com/images/associate-join.jpg
27)http://www.custombusinesslogos.com/color_company_logos_on_dvd.jpg
28)http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/original/031209-building.jpg
29)http://socialjusticenow.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/corporate_news.jpeg
30)http://365.smpte.org/SMPTE/SMPTE/UploadedImages/Career_center.jpg
31)http://www.keepjobsincanada.ca/images/content/home_do-your-part.gif
32)http://www.artasauthority.com/images/Wal%20Mart.jpg
33)http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20090522/spy.jpg
34)http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgBT8kIRgBo/SfVQyrYx2AI/AAAAAAAAFRY/gCEzkTZU_Jc/s320/masked+police.jpg
35)http://www.weirdheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/robber.jpg

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We are on facebook!

2009-07-18T03:54:00.000-07:00

Have no idea why - but hey why not.
http://www.facebook.com/farrst1

Currently working on many things at once (including real work and also the MBA) so progress will be a bit slow over the next few weeks. However some thoughts so far.

- Valve radio is going to lose its internals, and gain some electronic ones.....discretely. As well as that the whole external is getting refurbished.

- Currently working on the shirt design ideas with another (hopefully cheaper company) to compete with CafePress sales.

- I have ideas for home ventilation - with a green aspect

- Some cool lighting ideas (including halogen replacements :) )

and much, much more - so stay tuned.....

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ValveL0G1C concept base (v0,1)

2009-07-16T21:48:00.001-07:00

Here is the base.....but what will happen to it? will it keep the valves?
Stay tuned kiddies...

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Something from a while "back" - Phoenix concept

2009-07-16T21:40:00.000-07:00

Will clean it up later.....

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The old ZXR400

2009-07-16T04:04:00.000-07:00

Take one boring - run of the mill. Black ZXR400H1....
Strip it
Do all the good stuff to the engine (SP), carbs (SP)....
exhaust (Laser), rear swingarm (7X6R), rear shock (7X6R).....
Sand....sand.....sand.....then undercoat......sand.....undercoat 2.....sand.....undercoat 3....
Sort out the front guard, forks.........
Sand undercoat 3, top coat 1........
.....sand.....top coat 2.....
....sand.....top coat 3.......
.....clear coat 1.......
clear coat 2........
Sort all essentail parts and get the bike legal while the paint dries....
Change indicators.......
.....start fitting the rear first (it protects a few things - like your legs from electrical shock)
ensure all cables and lines are rerouted to safe places.
good time to lube change and/or change sprokets etc

Check all wiring for front end.....

re-attach rest of fairings......add new air rams
....add frost effect to screen....

Voila!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And several years later - track down the new owner, check job.
Still good 5 years later - not bad considering done with Dulux aerosol cans.....

Just some old photos of when the ZXR was getting the work over.

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Hmmmm - thoughts on a screen (FARRST block v0.1)

2009-07-16T03:57:00.001-07:00

Very long term - so don't expect an update on this for a while. But i thought i would share with you the idea that even the most complex start on the most basic ideas. Never give up.
-Stew
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Perspective Shirt

2009-07-15T03:14:00.001-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.397897619

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Its all a matter of perspective....

2009-07-15T03:08:00.000-07:00

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Truck Shirt

2009-07-08T04:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.396964732

Grandads Truck

2009-07-08T04:15:00.001-07:00

JokerCam

2009-07-07T22:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.396946949

Joker Jumper

2009-07-07T22:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.396946950

Playing card/Idol development

2009-07-07T22:25:00.000-07:00

What started as an old drawing i had called "Idol" (from years ago).....evolved

To an almost "Playing Card" like setup....

Expect this on a design soon!

White "Concept 2" shirt

2009-07-02T18:47:00.000-07:00

Extra cheap too!
http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.396178664

White "concept 1" shirt

2009-07-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.396178658

button 3

2009-06-28T00:33:00.001-07:00

button 2

2009-06-28T00:32:00.001-07:00

button 1

2009-06-28T00:31:00.001-07:00

Magnet 2

2009-06-28T00:29:00.001-07:00

Fridge Magnet 1

2009-06-28T00:28:00.001-07:00

Mug

2009-06-26T22:19:00.001-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.395263166#

Large Mug

2009-06-26T22:17:00.001-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.395263165

Stein

2009-06-26T22:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.395263164#

Waterbottle

2009-06-26T22:13:00.001-07:00

Mousepad

2009-06-26T22:10:00.000-07:00

Coaster

2009-06-26T22:06:00.001-07:00

Notebook

2009-06-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

Wall clock design

2009-06-26T22:03:00.000-07:00

Roadmap black shirt

2009-06-26T21:48:00.000-07:00

Getting the dark stuff out the door before i do some light designs....

RROD maternity dress

2009-06-26T21:44:00.001-07:00

Haha, i could not help myself.
Looks pretty cool though

RROD design

2009-06-26T21:37:00.000-07:00

I had to buy a new xbox today........but i was attracted buy a glowing evil......clothing to follow

Jumper 1 is up.....

2009-06-26T00:48:00.000-07:00

As time continues the designs will get better. As will the names.
Its winter here and i need some warm clothes so this is a start of my own shopping list.
You can buy this here if you want one too!.....
http://www.cafepress.com/farrst.394914653

-AvgasStew
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Something new.....clothes designs on way

2009-06-24T19:02:00.001-07:00

Revamp of something old

2009-06-24T01:14:00.001-07:00

Expect some clothing designs soon.....

Ok guys I'm going to Jump in here and smash the crap out things

2009-06-24T01:07:00.000-07:00

So will slowly rebuild the site - currently doing some new designs in the store.
Check back in the next 24 hours.......I'll get this bowled.
I'm pumped and currently don't have a garage to hack in.
Expect some funky stuff soon
-Cheers
AvgasStew (F.d. main man)

Logo Norm Mug

2009-03-23T03:31:00.001-07:00

Logo Mega Mug

2009-03-23T03:29:00.000-07:00

Logo Stein

2009-03-23T03:28:00.000-07:00

Logo Travel Mug

2009-03-23T03:27:00.001-07:00

Logo Camera 1

2009-03-23T03:26:00.001-07:00

Logo Tank Top

2009-03-23T03:23:00.001-07:00

Logo Shirt

2009-03-23T03:21:00.001-07:00

Webstore is up

2009-03-22T18:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.cafepress.com/farrst

V1.0

2009-03-22T05:15:00.000-07:00

Logo 1.0

2009-03-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

Something i would like to dredge up and redo digitally

2009-02-25T03:25:00.001-08:00

Archives under development

2009-02-21T21:11:00.001-08:00

And so it starts....

2009-02-21T05:26:00.000-08:00