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Sean Farbolin
@farbolin.me
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Being curious, tinkering, making, doodling
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I'm volunteering at the Sidney Art Gallery and Museum in Port Orchard today. Come say hi and check out the January show: "Winner's Circle" spotlighting the 2025 Helen Norris Open Art Show winners.

#portorchard #kitsap #smaa
Wide shot of the art gallery. Old rustic wood floor with a faded area rug. An assortment of shelves and cases around the walls are full of a variety of art. Found object sculptures, fiber arts, pottery, etc. An equally diverse variety of art adorns the walls. A poster hangs on a white wall. Primarily text with a large circle made of a variety of pinks and oranges. It reads "Sidney Art Gallery presents... Winner's Circle 2026 Winnera from the 2025 Helen Norrris Open Art Show Oil/Acrylic: Christine Hella Thompson Photography: J. Louis King Mixed Media: David Lewis Drawing: Janette Stiles Watercolor: Kim Spence 3d Media: Dan Spence Winners unable to participate: 3d Media - Jessica Parker Watercolor - Linda Carey
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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I made a page on my site with more photos and details of our past solstice fires here:
farbolin.me/solstice-fires
Solstice Bonfires
Big burning sculptures to celebrate the longest and shortest days of the year.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I've started having collaborative scrap wood sculpture bonfires on the solstices. This most recent one was the tallest and most colorful so far.
An effigy about 20 feet/6 meters tall with a triangular head and crude outstretched claw-like hands made of random slats of wood, many painted pink, and a white cabinet in it's belly stands at dusk, engulfed in flames. The aforementioned effigy earlier in the burn. We see the fire just beginning to catch in the lower layers. We can also see the pink slats adorned with white painted repeating curl patterns. Some say things like "feed me", "please", and "thank you". We also see the huge glorious... horns? antlers? atop the head made of a single sprawling, twisting tree branch. A detail shot of the head of the effigy on the grass before hoisting into place. It has a triangular head made of pink slats, wears a maniacal grin, has a long triangular nose, and eyebrows of protruding nails. Around the head, we see tools and scraps of wood. Also a plastic shopping basket from Ace Hardware. I didn't steal it. It was in my basement when I moved into the house. But it is really useful.
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A little while ago, I labeled and sorted everything in my bin of power supplies. It's been SO NICE to be able to find what I need quickly.
#maker #homeshop #tinker #electronics
4 stacking open front plastic bins, each about a foot deep, 8 inches wide, and 6 inches tall, in a grungy basement shop. Each containing a mass of wires. and power supplies. From bottom to top, labeled "AC", "<12v", "12v", ">12v". A caucasian hand holding up a power supply in front of the bins. On the power supply "12v 2A" is written in permanent marker.
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Every time I fill up at a gas station, I think about how much I look forward to switching to only EVs and never having to do this again.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I live making a weird adapter. Today, we have a 5.5mm barrel jack to PC fan connector. Now I can directly power a fan from an old 12v router power supply!
The adapter as described. Just 2 plugs sticking out of heat shrink. This view shows a close up of the barrel jack. The adapter as described. Just 2 plugs sticking out of heat shrink. This view shows a close up of the 4 pin PC fan connector. The adapter as described. Just 2 plugs sticking out of heat shrink. This view shows the overall adapter from the side.
June 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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We see the stoned man with ADHD don slippers and descend a set of basement stairs.
A minute or so later, we see him re-emerge.
He pauses at the top of the stairs, hands empty.
"...fuck"
He goes back down the stairs.
May 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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I've completed my first week of the typewriter repair apprenticeship at Bremerton Typewriter Company! My desk is next to a giant window in a showroom full of beautiful old machines. Best job ever.
A desk covered in tools and typewriter parts in a room painted the color of terra cota. On the wall hangs a poster reading "Fight Fascism. Defend Democracy and the Constitution. Dissent is Patriotic." There's a huge window to the left off the desk. Alternate view of the same room showing 2 large windows and shelves full of restored typewriters of all ages for sale.
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Today is my first day of work as a typewriter repair apprentice, and I'm commuting on a 108 year old ferry.

I feel like I'm in a Miyazaki movie.
The 1917 ship the Carlisle II comes into port under clear blue skies and serene waters.
May 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Measure twice, cut once.

Realize you wrote down the measurement wrong and don't have enough material to make a new one. Glue cut piece back on. Secure it with dowels. Cut again.

Like it never happened. 😎
Close up of the end of a board about 6 inches wide. There's a noticeable seam about 1/4 inch from the end of the board.
May 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I thrifted this cheap ukulele that had nail polish spattered all over it. Now I'm sanding it down to bare wood to see if I can make it look nice. Never worked on or played an instrument, but hey why not.

Full project log at
farbolin.me/ukulele
The front of a cheap ukulele held outdoors over grass. The ukulele is blue with an ocean theme showing hammerhead sharks, sand, crabs, starfish, etc printed on the front of the body. The paint in the top right of the body has been partially sanded away, exposing the bare wood. The back of a cheap ukulele held outdoors over grass. The ukulele is blue. Just over half of the paint on the back of the body has been sanded away, exposing the bare wood.
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I've had the Kei truck for almost 2 years and finally took it on the ferry today.

#keitruck #PNW
Here we see a rather dirty kei truck in the front row on a Washington State ferry facing the water under a bright blue partly cloudy sky.
May 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Celebrating scoring this pristine Panasonic RX-CW43 at goodwill for $15 with @ajjtheband.bsky.social's "Disposable Everything"
May 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I'm baffled by how many people keep their car windows rolled up in nice weather.
May 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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I was on a podcast! Check out Making Problems to Solve from @davebauerart.bsky.social !

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Sean Farbolin - Don't Stress About the Destination by Making Problems to Solve
Sean Farbolin - Maker on the Move - has since settled down. He has a maker journey that goes from animation, takes a historical detour into spiral ham and inventing, to freelance set and prop building...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Kid in grocery store: "Ohh, hot pockets!"
Kid's mom: "🎶hot pockets🎶"

I wonder how many young people have never seen a hot pockets commercial and only ever heard that jingle from parents.
May 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I've had the idea of hanging up a cheap canvas drop cloth and using it to play with spray paint for a while, and today I finally did it.

It was super fun! I love a very physical art process.

#spraypaint #graffiti
A blushing pink blob with big dewy eyes spray painted on a dirty canvas cloth hanging from the roof of a carport. It kinda looks like Morph from Treasure Planet.
May 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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There was a rather charming trend in the 1910s to introduce the actor at the beginning of the film by showing them first in their street or evening clothes and then dissolving into the costume of their characters. Here we see recent stage import William S. Hart become a bandit in THE BARGAIN (1914).
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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FLCL REANIMATED OUT NOW
April 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I started reading the Bobiverse series on February 19th. Today I finished book 5. I haven't cruised through books that fast in many years.

I do love me some nerdy-ass hard sci-fi. Very fun reads.
April 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Words to live by.
Screenshot of a tweet by @louisethebaker The text reads, "I’m almost 50, and here is the best thing I have learned so far: every strange thing you’ve ever been into, every failed hobby or forgotten instrument, everything you have ever learned will come back to you, will serve you when you need it. No love, however brief, is wasted."
April 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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@dropout.tv and @nebula.tv are the only streaming services that actually feel worth it. Dropout is top tier content and I'm grateful for the opportunity to pay these weirdos to keep doing their thing. Nebula is tons of great nerdy deep dives for super cheap.
April 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I got a bunch of these shelves from a local garden center last year. Finally getting around to breaking down the last 2 taking up space in my shop.
They're essentially just weird pallets. The garden center receives plant inventory on these and doesn't return them, so they sell them for $1 each.
An empty unfinished wooden shelf made of widely spaced slats. The shelf is about 4 feet wide and tall and 1.5 feet deep. It's sitting on a dirty concrete floor in front of a garage wall. A bunch of wooden slats tucked into a white painted lumber rack.
April 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Finally filled a hole in our vinyl collection that's been bugging me since I first started listening to records 5 years ago.

#vinylrecords #pinkfloyd
A hand holding up the album sleeve for "Animals" by Pink Floyd in front of a white shelf containing many records. There are stickers and doodles on the shelf, including a pink worm tracing up the side and across the top front.
April 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM