Fri, 29 Jul 2016

Birthday!!!

Robert turned 12 while in a very cool camp at our local tech shop. When the shop opened, you had to be 12 to be allowed in with all the cool machines.

So the timing seemed perfect, on the last day of camp, he’d be old enough to use the machines he would learn how to use in camp.

Then they changed the rules, in a good way: now, with an adult, you can get in at 8 years old.

(That seems a bit young to me, but only, I guess, because Robert is 12 now. I bet it would have been fine back when he was 8.)

So he’s been using laser cutters and 3D printers now.

For the record, his parents have not used either — yet.

He made this cool logo for himself and this nifty dogtag. Note that he’s a commander with NASA and all set to be an astronaut and check out mars.

(I’m not sure his parents are down with that long a trip for him, but that’s another matter.)

On the actual day (July 22) he woke up to a big blue bag with, among other things, this cool Lego set from the Star Wars universe. Thank you Harry.

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