Here’s the project that led to my 15 minutes of Internet fame….
I’m a scifi fan and I’ve had the idea to build a raygun model tumbling around for a while. After a bountiful hamfest I found the key parts to build and across a weekend I fabricated a raygun model out of an old radio, 8mm movie projector, 35mm slide projector, camera parts, brass sheet stock and assorted rivets, screws, nuts, and bolts.
I photographed the camera in studio and posted to flickr and the makezine pool.
It was blogged on make magazine, and was gizmotos image of the day. and a handful of others sites – 28,000 hits on my flicker account over 24 hours.
About a week later Corey Doctrow blogged in on BoingBoing and kabam another 57,000 hits over a 24 hour period. WOW.