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Software developer by day, mad scientist by night. I use the space to build analog music circuits; I've gotten pretty handy with the simple 555 astable tone generator.
Software developer by day, mad scientist by night. I use the space to build analog music circuits; I've gotten pretty handy with the simple 555 astable tone generator.
I'm on hand to answer any programming, database, or web related questions.
I'm on hand to answer any programming, database, or web related questions.
==Projects==
==Current Projects==
Some stuff I'm working on:
Some stuff I'm working on:
*A top secret project involving analog music circuits
*A top secret project involving analog music circuits
*Making paint out of raw materials
*Redesigning the website
*A small [[MUD]] written in Scheme
*[[The Smoking Man]] - An art installation with an anti-smoking message.
*An art installation with an anti-smoking message
*[[Neighborhood Cleanup]] - There are a lot of weeds and garbage on our block, which make it very uninviting. We've already done quite a bit of work, but there is more that can still be done.
*[[Open House Projects]] - I'm actively involved in organizing projects for our Open House meetings. I ran the Bristle Bot build as one of the first mini projects for Open House. I'll be doing a "electronics through home chemistry" series shortly.
*[[Board]] - I'm actively involved with the management of Hive76.
*[[Management]] - as the Book Keeper, I'm actively involved with the management of Hive76.
==Completed Projects==
==Completed Projects==
Some stuff I did:
Some stuff I did:
*[[Linguistics Kiosk]] - Brendan and I were commissioned to build a kiosk for the [http://www.temple.edu/tyler/ Tyler School of Art] that tests attendees of a talk on linguistics on their retention of the information in the talk.
*[[Laser Harp]] - I built an electronic music instrument for a local artist.
*[[Open House Projects]] - I ran the Bristle Bot build as one of the first mini projects for Open House. I showed people how to make ferrofluid and we played around with the gook for a while.
*[[Making Paint]] - out of raw materials.
*[[Neighborhood Cleanup]] - we did one cleanup project so far, sweeping the street and weeding out a large garden box in front of the building. Though "weeding" was more like deforestation, it had gotten so overgrown.
*[[Tresling]] - a combination of competitive, head-to-head Tetris and arm wrestling. The game came out really well, with music provided by Brendan Schrader.
*[[Tresling]] - a combination of competitive, head-to-head Tetris and arm wrestling. The game came out really well, with music provided by Brendan Schrader.
*I was the Events Coordinator for the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 session.
*I was the Events Coordinator for the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 session.
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==Incomplete Projects==
==Incomplete Projects==
I probably shouldn't start this list because it will get out of hand. But I like being honest about these things, because I think people in general have an anxiety about their own personal project completion rate that is based in unreasonable expectations. So, I'm going to keep a list of my failures in addition to my successes so everyone can feel better about themselves.
I probably shouldn't start this list because it will get out of hand. But I like being honest about these things, because I think people in general have an anxiety about their own personal project completion rate that is based in unreasonable expectations. So, I'm going to keep a list of my failures in addition to my successes so everyone can feel better about themselves.
*[[Mixed drinks]] - I'm organizing and will be doing some presentation for a workshop on mixed drinks and molecular gastronomy.
*[[Philly MUD]] - A small Multi-User Dungeon written in Scheme.
*[[Mixed drinks]] - I was organizing a presentation and workshop on mixed drinks and molecular gastronomy. There was a fair bit of interest, but everyone got super busy with other projects and dropped the ball.
*[[Hacker Field Day]] - Hive and NextFab Studios were going to do a competitive hack-off for Philly Science Fest and Philly Tech Week, but we all ran out of time to organize properly.

Latest revision as of 14:00, 12 September 2012

Sean T. McBeth

dude

Aut viam invenium aut facium "I will find a way or make one" (often attributed to Hannibal) Software developer by day, mad scientist by night. I use the space to build analog music circuits; I've gotten pretty handy with the simple 555 astable tone generator. I'm on hand to answer any programming, database, or web related questions.

Current Projects

Some stuff I'm working on:

  • A top secret project involving analog music circuits
  • Redesigning the website
  • The Smoking Man - An art installation with an anti-smoking message.
  • Neighborhood Cleanup - There are a lot of weeds and garbage on our block, which make it very uninviting. We've already done quite a bit of work, but there is more that can still be done.
  • Board - I'm actively involved with the management of Hive76.

Completed Projects

Some stuff I did:

  • Linguistics Kiosk - Brendan and I were commissioned to build a kiosk for the Tyler School of Art that tests attendees of a talk on linguistics on their retention of the information in the talk.
  • Laser Harp - I built an electronic music instrument for a local artist.
  • Open House Projects - I ran the Bristle Bot build as one of the first mini projects for Open House. I showed people how to make ferrofluid and we played around with the gook for a while.
  • Making Paint - out of raw materials.
  • Neighborhood Cleanup - we did one cleanup project so far, sweeping the street and weeding out a large garden box in front of the building. Though "weeding" was more like deforestation, it had gotten so overgrown.
  • Tresling - a combination of competitive, head-to-head Tetris and arm wrestling. The game came out really well, with music provided by Brendan Schrader.
  • I was the Events Coordinator for the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 session.
  • PAFA Installation - This went off rather well, generating a lot of new interest in the space.
  • The Kaufman Beverage Elevator - an inside joke that officially went too far when Google searches for "Beverage Elevator" returned this site as the #1 result
  • Atari Punk Console - I built a sweet Atari Punk Console that now lives in our trophy case.
  • Burning Zombie Dummy - I built a special effects dummy for an independent film crew. It was... pretty freaking awesome.
  • Top Secret Rosies - I designed the flyer used to advertise the event.
  • Trenton Ave Fest - I designed the layout for the placard sign and helped run the booth selling bike safety light and odometer kits.

Incomplete Projects

I probably shouldn't start this list because it will get out of hand. But I like being honest about these things, because I think people in general have an anxiety about their own personal project completion rate that is based in unreasonable expectations. So, I'm going to keep a list of my failures in addition to my successes so everyone can feel better about themselves.

  • Philly MUD - A small Multi-User Dungeon written in Scheme.
  • Mixed drinks - I was organizing a presentation and workshop on mixed drinks and molecular gastronomy. There was a fair bit of interest, but everyone got super busy with other projects and dropped the ball.
  • Hacker Field Day - Hive and NextFab Studios were going to do a competitive hack-off for Philly Science Fest and Philly Tech Week, but we all ran out of time to organize properly.