I was super lucky to be involved in the lighting design for the award winning University of Lethbridge Science Commons.
Category: Projects
2020 PC Build
I finished my 2020 PC build in early 2021. Took around 3 months to get all the parts at MSRP… total cost around $3500 CAD.
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Black
Mobo: Asus X570-E
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
GPU: EVGA RTX 3080
RAM: G.SKill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB CL16 3600MHz
PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-850 850W
RGB Controller: Razer Chroma Addressable RGB Controller
Fans: CoolerMaster MasterFan MF150 Halo
AIO: NZXT X63 Kraken
Link to all photos here: https://imgur.com/a/siKDa0m
2021 Kuno-PC Build
I got a new PC, so that meant my wife Chrystina got my old PC! But it was in a boring black case and she needed something new and shiny. So on my birthday, I painted and built this for her!
All photos of build here: https://imgur.com/a/PJPlPWf
Grandma & Grandpa’s Urn
My grandpa Steve Popson passed away in 2003 and my grandma Stella Popson passed away in 2020. I, with the help of my wife, made this companion urn for their ashes.
Garage Reno
Living Room Renovation
I renovated my living room to turn 1970 into 2020.
Full album from start to finish here. https://imgur.com/a/RPox3
Ethan’s Crib
My nephew, Ethan Badura, was born on April 29, 2015. In March, my sister asked my dad and me to build a crib for him.
Between my dad, Chrystina (my SO), and myself, we designed and built a beautiful crib for Ethan. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I didn’t clock how many hours it took, but if I have to throw some numbers around, it was at least 200 hours for myself alone.
My dad was a huge help. He bought all of the wood (and had to drive several hours to get it), helped with the woodworking, and had many great ideas for the trickier parts of the design.
Chrystina also contributed. She sketched the shapes of the critical components and then I modeled them to scale in SketchUp. We then tweaked it until we were satisfied. No decision was made without her approval 🙂 . She also did a lot of sanding and helped apply the finish.
It cost around $500 CDN in materials (rough-cut hard maple ($300), 1/2″ ply ($40), misc hardware ($60), General Finishes Java gel stain ($30), Oil-based satin polyurethane ($70).
See below for a build-log with pictures (and videos!) I took along the way from the initial design stages to the completed crib.
Continue reading Ethan’s Crib
Subaru BRZ Custom Subwoofer Enclosure
I made this sub enclosure to fit perfectly in the corner of my BRZ trunk. The enclosure houses a JL Audio 10W3V3-4 10″ 500W subwoofer. The sub is powered by a JL Audio JX1000/1D mono amplifier. Using a Parrot Asteroid Smart deck.
I made the enclosure entirely out of 3/4″ MDF. Could have attempted to make it out of fibreglass but I wanted to try shaping it out of wood. In total it took about 25 hours to make from start to finish. For choosing components and for the system installation, I had a lot of help from my friend Klucz; thanks!
See below for more photos and info from start to finish. Continue reading Subaru BRZ Custom Subwoofer Enclosure
Chrystina’s Hand-Made Cards
Chrystina made these cards from scratch. One for her friend Jenn’s Birthday and one for our nephew Ethan’s Birth… Day. They turned out great.
See below for photos of how they were made. Continue reading Chrystina’s Hand-Made Cards
How to enable Bridge mode on a Telus v1000h/v2000h without root access!
I was cleaning up my network today and was frustrated that I couldn’t enable bridge mode on my Telus Actiontec v1000h modem/router to put it into a modem-only state. The problem is that Telus changed the root/tech passwords on firmware 31.121L.13 and nobody knows what they are. My buddy Mike told me to try editing the webpage source and I’ll be damned it actually worked!
Basic Instructions (if you don’t want to watch the how-to video below):
1. Go to 192.168.1.254 (or whatever your gateway is) and log in to the admin/telus account.
2. Go to the Advanced Settings tab and open up WAN IP Addressing.
3. Open up your web browser’s developer tools (F12)
4. Search for <tr id=”id_rfc_1483_transparent_bridging” style=”display: none;”>
5. Change “display: none;” to “display: block;”
6. Select the now visible Transparent Bridging option on the page, then Apply
7. You’re done! You can see that the bridge is enabled on the Status tab under Connection Status > ISP Protocol.