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About time Google, I know I should be on the front page.

I may have an ego problem.  After seeing Rory Blyth's google action a while back, I decided I had to do it too.  Google Clint and see.  My main issue is there are a ton of towns named Clint along with Clint Black (one of many reasons I hate country music) and one of the baddest ass Americans ever, Clint Eastwood.  It only took getting linked in from Channel 9, Scott Hanselman's blog, putting stuff on CodePlex, and Coding4Fun.

Why are the Lazy Susans needed for the skateboard?

Why did I mount the skateboard axles on a lazy susan?  Hopefully HTML will let me explain this.  Imagine a top down view for the skateboard.   When neutral (not turning) the axles look like this: |----|   When turning in (lets say in is toward the top of the screen), the axles turn inward: /----\   When turning outward, the axles pivot the other way: \----/   And the pivoting wasn't a few millimeters, they rotate a inch so a fixed mount wouldn't work.  There may be a better solution out there but this was easy and could...

Maker Faire - T-Minus 41 Days

Video as promised with the skateboard mounted: Major stuff done: Skateboard mounted / Frame pretty much feature complete Lazy Susan idea for skateboard pivots passed the 150lb of pure nerd power weight test. Figured out how to mount batteries, gyro and speed controller Mounted power switches Majority of the software is done Stuff that needs to be done: Add a fuse box ( wondering if I can't just get a car one ) Mount Gyro Mount Speed Controller Create brackets for batteries Finish up software Test...