jackolantern

Occasionally, an idea grabs me, like a jungle cat, and shakes me about, demanding attention. When that happens, there's nothing to do but bow to the inevitable and roll with it. When Catherine said that she wanted to carve a few pumpkins this year, a tiny blinking light started flashing in my geeky forebrain. I would make... The Jack-O-Bot.

There is, of course, a flickr set documenting the entire process in detail. Catherine, for her part, shakes her head and chuckles. I'm a lucky, lucky man.

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"I didn't expect you to understand me," he answered. "With your cold American intelligence you can ony adopt the critical attitude. Emerson and all that sort of thing. But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up. You are a pedant, my dear fellow. The important thing is to construct: I am constructive; I am a poet."

— Somerset Maugham

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