{"id":251,"date":"2013-06-27T11:50:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T11:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=251"},"modified":"2013-06-27T11:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T11:50:46","slug":"my-new-commodore-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"My New Commodore 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the stage of development we are now, home 3D printers are what I like to equate to a <strong>Commodore 64<\/strong><em>. <\/em>The tech is awesome, and we can extrapolate that in a decade it will be so much more awesome. But for now, my tinkering feels just like it did when I was exploring the possibilities of my C64 back in the mid 1980s. It was an exciting time, and what I learned on that computer I took with me and made a career and a life out of.<\/p>\n<p>I began calling my Afinia my new Commodore 64 because it brings back all that excitement and possibility. I haven&#8217;t felt this giddy about new technology since those days of the C64 purchase.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m modeling a <strong>Commodore logo<\/strong> to stick to the Afinia printer (under the bed where it will be out of the way.) It will be tacked in place, nothing permanent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is the logo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commodore-Logo-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254\" alt=\"Commodore Logo copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commodore-Logo-copy.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commodore-Logo-copy.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commodore-Logo-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commodore-Logo-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is, extruded and beveled, and printed in three colors: Black for a base to sit it on (and align it), blue for two pieces, and red for one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-pieces.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-252\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-pieces.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-pieces.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-pieces-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here, glued in place:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-assembled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-253\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-assembled.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-assembled.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/commodore-logo-assembled-491x300.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the stage of development we are now, home 3D printers are what I like to equate to a Commodore 64. The tech is awesome, and we can extrapolate that in a decade it will be so much more awesome. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=251\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}