Last Wednesday I woke up rushing to turn in my 6.002 p-set. Since it was a pre-lab I needed a copy of it for reference, and I didn’t feel like scanning it and being 15 minutes late to recitation. So I took out my handy Nikon D70 and took some quick shots of the pages.

I got to the last page…*chunk..ddddrrrr* *flisp* *flisp*

The. Shutter. Is. Not. Opening.

Mirror. Not. Flipping.

Camera. Broken.

Yeah…how anti-climactic is that? The last photo you ever take is a .002 pre-lab. I knew you were dangerous course 6! Psh.

Anyway, while the camera is off to Nikon to be nursed back to health, I’m borrowing The Tech’s d300 (drool) to document the building of my 8×10.

Macro shot, anyone?

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There is very annoying thing that happens to a project as you start closing in on completion. All of a sudden all these little nit-picky details that each take at least 30mins to do pop up. Like hey…I need to cut slots, I need to cut screw holes, I need to recess the wood here, I have to mill that..

What consoles me is the fact that, hey, this thing is starting to look like a camera. I seem to have this crazy idea that I’ll finish it during finals week—my two finals are on Monday, so once that’s over I’m freeee! But, no, I really mean finishing…as in finishing the wood…polishing the brass.

Hey, I like to be optimistic. If it doesn’t get done? Well, I’m signing up for a year membership to the hobby shop anyway.

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