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About:I have an awesome blog @ www.makerweekend.com

I’m Calvin Drews, and I love to learn, experiment, invent, create, repair, and generally just do things myself. A sort of modern jack of all trades, master of few type of fellow.

A few of the crafts I’ve practiced at some point include: woodworking, pottery, glass working, rocket building, bone carving, blacksmithing, electrical engineering, solar panel engineering, graphic design, web design (I made my website myself), computer repair, knot tieing, primitive skills like flintknapping and friction fire, ivory smuggler (just kidding) miniature kitemaking, pcb etching, sketching, origami, entrepreneur, jewelry design, metalworking, enamel, braiding and weaving, and the list goes on (but the stamina of my fingers does not )

I love e-mails and comments, so please let me know if you have any questions or something to add.

I have an awesome blog @ www.makerweekend.com

Location:6510 E Allgaier Rd Traverse City MI, 49684

Joined:May 26, 2007

Website:MakerWeekend

Gender: MALE

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sunshiine says: Sep 9, 2011. 10:54 PM

Where is your entry for the Origami contest? I though that I would bring it to your attention. Have a splendorous day!

nickodemus says: Oct 30, 2010. 9:40 AM

You will be sorely missed in the community, I am sorry you left.

nepheron (author) in reply to nickodemusNov 5, 2010. 5:01 PM

After talking to some instructables members, I've decided to come back :)

nickodemus in reply to nepheronNov 6, 2010. 10:33 AM

Glad to hear it! :)

dombeef says: Oct 23, 2010. 10:08 AM

Why did you delete your instructables? They were very good?

nepheron (author) in reply to dombeefNov 5, 2010. 4:59 PM

I've decided to return, most of my 'ibls are back but a few are still gone. Fungus says those will be back in a week or two :)

dombeef in reply to nepheronNov 5, 2010. 5:02 PM

Yay! But why?

nepheron (author) in reply to dombeefNov 5, 2010. 7:24 PM

Kiteman helped judge a contest before, he says the reason votes are generally ignored is because people will make fake accounts and vote for themselves. The current system isn't perfect, but it's the best that can be done. Now I can understand why the contests are handled this way, and I guess I agree with it.

However, in the future, I think that this issue should be made more apparent to people entering contests.

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mikeasaurus in reply to nepheronNov 5, 2010. 9:35 PM

to be fair:
though I agree that the rules aren't published, Staff have openly discussed the method of how winners are selected on many other contests for a while. You've been a member since 2007, you must have noticed how other contests were handled?

nepheron (author) in reply to mikeasaurusNov 5, 2010. 10:48 PM

Honestly, I didn't notice at all. I never really thought to question it.

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Kiteman says: Nov 1, 2010. 3:38 PM

You're back?

nepheron (author) in reply to KitemanNov 5, 2010. 4:58 PM

Yes, thanks to your explanation of how the voting system works. I understand now :)

Lithium Rain says: Nov 1, 2010. 3:56 PM

Welcome back. :)

crazy jam says: Mar 15, 2010. 5:36 PM

Nice profile pic. LOVE that movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nepheron (author) in reply to crazy jamSep 20, 2010. 8:35 AM

Best movie ever!

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