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February 6th, 2012

shadesong: (Magical Drama Queen Roxy!)
Monday, February 6th, 2012 10:34 am
The Sindrian Arts store is open for business! If you missed your chance to pre-order a Kikori CNC gantry router during [livejournal.com profile] sindrian's Kickstarter, now is the time to jump on it, because this week? Free shipping. Yeah, I said it.

[livejournal.com profile] sindrian's goal with the Kikori was to create a DIY CNC router that could be sold to small businesses and hobbyists for under $5,000, making small-scale manufacturing and rapid prototyping way easier and more accessible. He has totally succeeded - his full kit is priced at only $3,345. (By comparison, a comparable ShopBot costs $12,000 on the low end.)

The Kikori is 4' x 8'. (If you're interested in a half-size Kikori, contact [livejournal.com profile] sindrian!)

If you want to build a Kikori but don't want a complete kit, that's cool. You can also get just the MDO parts, a hardware and electronics kit, a just-hardware kit, or a just-electronics kit. We're flexible!

Kits are all made to order, so allow a few weeks for that - especially at the beginning of this process, as [livejournal.com profile] sindrian is milling out all of those Kickstarter rewards! He's starting to ship the pre-ordered Kikori kits this week and is working his way down through the levels to y'all's standing desks and tablet stands and stuff. Thank you so much for that Kickstarter support - it really helped him perfect the Kikori. :)

If you order, tell him I sent you! <3
shadesong: (Default)
Monday, February 6th, 2012 10:44 am
We are moving during a very busy month. I have Boskone, and right after that I have a solid week of out-of-town college visits. Y'all. Y'all.

We're hoping to be able to move on Saturday, February 25. We'll know for sure later today. Basically it depends on if they want March rent early or pro-rated last-week-of-February rent; we can do the latter, not the former. Pizza for everyone who helps!

We need boxes - we've run through most of what [livejournal.com profile] miss_lisa_ma, [livejournal.com profile] emilytheslayer, and [livejournal.com profile] ron_newman brought this weekend. We have most of the books packed though, yay.

The biggest possible help people could provide? If you've been pondering buying a CNC from [livejournal.com profile] sindrian, this is the week to do it. And please pass that link around to your friends and associates! You may not need/want one, but you almost certainly know someone who'd be like "seriously? awesome."

Ooof. Last time I moved an entire house, my chronic pain issues were just beginning and were pretty intermittent. This time? Two days of packing has me in nasty throbbing pain. Only a few more weeks yay?
shadesong: (Default)
Monday, February 6th, 2012 10:49 am
Unrelated to the move!

"The Changeling's Lament" has been nominated for a Rhysling Award! <3

And it's that time again:
My Valentinr - song
Get your own valentinr