http://blog.johnmizell.com Devouring Global Resources? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:51:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 John (& friends) have put together a collection of random media focusing on the ubiquitousness of simple good fun. Through music and video, interviews, and ambience, this podcast hopes to entertain you, just a bit. From around the world, johnmizell.com 帅巴 J no 帅巴 J john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com (帅巴 J) John Patrick Mizell simple good fun Mizell, 帅巴J, California, Travel, http://blog.johnmizell.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.johnmizell.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:00:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=164 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website/feed 0 We’ve had to make some changes to our design and materials and are at a temporary manufacturing standstill until we perfect our process. However, we’ve put up a website and will conduct the remainder of communication via it. Thanks! John www.boojumboards.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:12:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=163 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas/feed 0 Thursday, January 25, 2007 Using the last of the epoxy we finished all six boards and set them up to dry. We’ll see how these cure, the last batch cured within 24 hours. I hope/expect the same from this third time around. We purchased some fine sand paper today and are ready to finish up [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:01:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=162 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round/feed 0 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Yesterday I sanded the last plank down and prepared it for shaping. Early this morning I put together some 2×4′s and built a drying rack. After classes I came home and cut the sixth board into it’s symmetrical egg/oval shape. Then shaped it and cleaned it up. Drilled all three NEW [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:10:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=161 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done/feed 0 Monday – January 22, 2007 Put the sign up early this morning and went to school. After lunch we started up again for the day, released our plank from yesterday, cut off the excess and began to press that together for our next board. Jon came to work today. So that’s good. Once this plank [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:44:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=160 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait/feed 0 Purchased a new set of wood to laminate together. Maple-Redwood-Purple Heart-Maple-Purple Heart-Redwood-Maple Glued, Clamped, and Now Set. —- The Resin on our first set is still tacky – we’re very curious to find out the final dry time for this stuff… as it’s been almost 48 hours. We made our shop sign today. Tomorrow, after [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:16:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=159 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm/feed 0 We hopped into the car and made a list of needs. First on the list was hardware: trucks, barrings, wheels, grip tape, and risers. Second on the list was more wood of course! Third was resin, or sealant, or something to protect the wood. Fourth, which quickly turned into First, was breakfast. And Fifth was [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:00:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=158 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three/feed 0 I couldn’t sleep that night. I woke up at 5, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, and finally got out of the shower by 8:00 AM. The sun was already out and it was important that I continued the momentum of the previous night. I pulled out the jig and the sander and plugged in. The first [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:43:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=157 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank/feed 0 Same night, we continue on. The jig saw started to cut. Will and I were anxious… was this the next step? Had we forgotten something? Oh lord I hope not. Now we’re committed, now we’ve done it, now there… now we’ve got two pieces. Oh that’s not good. That side looks good. That side needs [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:40:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=156 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned/feed 0 The following night I found myself in possession of a brand new $90 belt sander. It was necessary to get the job done. A Makita, I felt like it was something I could trust…I wasn’t, but that comes later. The wood I had purchased was irregular and therefore when sitting flush on one side, it [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:31:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=155 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards/feed 0 I was eager to continue on, so I did. January 17th, 2007 I threw in the towel and spent roughly $80. Wood ran about $35 and four clamps cost about $45. I felt like I’d sunk all my resources into this and so it had better turn out. I laid the wood out and pulled [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:19:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=154 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts/feed 0 I arrived home from Ecuador with a lot of ideas in my head. Some were considerations for life, other ideas were merely entertaining anecdotes, and a couple turned out to be plans of action. One such action plan was re-enrolling in school. Done. While it’s not been the smoothest time, I did it and am [...]