Monday Night Drive-In de mayo

Hey it is that time again. This upcoming Monday I will be showing The Last Man On Earth. This was the first in a series of movies based on the book I Am Legend others were Omega Man and recently I Am Legend. I personally like Vincent Price as the last human on earth. I will actually have enough cartoons to run from 9pm till 9:30pm which is when the feature presentation will begin. Same bat place.

Breaking in the new wall

This upcoming Monday night at 9:00 pm I will be breaking in the new wall I found the other day. I will be showing Attack of the Killer Mushrooms. It is a pretty awesome movie. The main feature will start at 9:15 pm being proceeded by some cartoons and old drive in ads. There is no bathroom at this new wall… so you have been warned. The new wall is located at 56 Rhodes Island st I hope all goes well and there is a good turnout. See you at the movies.

New wall!

I found a new wall tonight. A Drive-In will soon follow.

Wave vessel portable practice amp

Do you believe in fate. A month ago I was poking around Urban Ore over in Berkeley and I came across an old portable TV from the 1970’s for 8 dollars with a working tube but a non functioning tuner. When I saw it I knew what I must do. I had built a Wave vessel Prior to this using the guide put out by Censtron. I had also recently completed building a few cigar box amps using the Little Gem practice amp schematics from Runoffgroove. I knew I needed to make a Portable Wave vessel practice amp. I hooked up the out put of the little gem to the internal speaker of the TV and vertical hold on the tube. Then I used my multi meeter to figure out a place to tap the power for the Little Gem amp. The TV runs on either an 12vdc SLA batteries, power adapter, or 120v AC so it took a fair bit of poking but I found a place that received the 12vdc needed for the amp under any power condition. I made a short video of it which will be embedded after the break.

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Last Monday’s Movie Night

Well I am going to be looking for a new place to have movie nights. So if you know of any good places for me to check out let me know. Until a new place is found there will only be single showings starting at 10pm once the management have all gone home. The guy who asked us to leave made it clear they went home by 9:30 wink wink. So yeah I am thinking of a few possibilities for the next movie night. Either a bunch of old cartoons or starting the a Zoro serial that would last 6 movie nights. I think the serials might be best for the summer so the days and times are more consistent. Well drop me a line and let me know what you think thanks.

Dr. Caligari Vs. Nusferatu

This Monday (12/10/07) will be the second Guerrilla drive in. I have been charging my new battery all day. The location for this Mondays special double feature is in the Persideo at or right next to the sports basement. I am super excited for this day the showing will be the two classics Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. There will be a 15 minute intermission to run your motor and keep anybody from needing to have their car jump started. The Start time with be 7pm. Tell anyone you like. We will be broadcasting on 91.5fm and all are welcome. This will be one of many. Hope to see you there. I will post pictures and a summary of how the night went on Tuesday.

The Begining

Welcome to the tinkering side of tinkering productions.  I am starting today to organize my pursuit of many skills and projects. I am making this blog as a way to keep me on track and to help me collaborate with my peers. I am glad you are here and I hope you will find these things as interesting as I do. If not this will be my contribution to the background of the massive internet.