The finals

Today was the last day of twenty percent time and we we finished the iHelper mark one eighteen seventy two edition which is made out of old wood that Fletcher bought with the thirty dollars that we brought in for paint and wood and nails.  The paint was more than we expected so Fletcher got the wood.  Landon helped Fletcher and I build the helper with the nails and hammer that Fletcher brought in today and surprised Mr. Trione.  We worked on the final presentation the rest of class.  The time ended up around 4 minutes and 58 seconds with Fletcher stalling at the end.  We divide the slides evenly and I calculated the time we would have to take which ended up being thirty three seconds each slide and we each did 2 or 3 slides each.  I am very ready for this presentation and this project to be over along with my second block class.

Ace Hardware

Today we worked on finding the wood on Ace hardware that Fletcher will go and get over the break.  So we scrapped the idea of a sliding desk top.  So we all brought in 10 dollars on monday and it covered the expenses of the wood, nails, and paint.  On the next friday we will finish the final product and begin on the presentation.  This year has gone by fast and I feel that landon and I could not finish today with out getting of topic and talking about the break.  THIS IS FRIDAY.   I can not wait for the break I have spent the last month waiting on this and I bet one million million million billion dollars that It will go by to fast.  I will also try to go to hame depot and see if I can not find find anything that is cheap and good for this project.

I got nothing man

Today we had so many problems with the design and and getting parts everything that was good was either online buy and long shipping or out of stock or both.  We were very very very very very silly at the end and I think the stress got to us but we did make some progress.  Fletch daddy found out that PVC pipe would help solve some problems that were caused by us constantly missing opportunities to get sliding track systems and a cheap sheet metal.  I personally think that home depot sells nothing that is on their web site because it had nothing that was on the website.  We have been messed up by the home of depot.   The stress got to fletcher and we considered change the project but there is not enough time.  I think the silliness is how we dealt with the stress.  Personally I do not care if we have to change every thing about the project as long as we get it done in the next week or so, so we can get moving on our speech and fix all the mistakes from last time. (the title refers to an awkward moment when you spell something so wrong that even auto correct is even like…(title).

Buckets Design

Today went by so slow I had no idea what to do.  We had most of the parts done Fletcher came up with the final picture Landon and I made sure the parts were still there after black Friday.  In fact the prices came  down.   I found a cheaper sheet metal that was some what bigger and Landon found out that we were searching for online products and we needed to searching store prices.  I also was able to find a slide system that fit our design.  Fletcher was very concerned that we would not finish in time and that if we were in this class named leadership for the full year that we would be able to finish but due to time constraints we will not.  I have the worst feeling that not many of the groups will finish.  It is almost the end of the year and as it comes to a close so will this class.  I have the impression that this would have been a great idea.

The Home of depot

Today we retook measurements and found out some prices and the total was around twenty-five dollars.  Yesterday we had our presentations and ours turned out well.  We had the closest time to five minutes and we moved smoothly from topic to topic.  The track systems range from twenty inches to sixteen and the prices ranged from fifteen dollars to twenty.  Fletcher found our steel platform for nine dollars and forty-eight cent.  I had a little bit of trouble getting my laptop to work and the day went to fast for any changes to be made in the design.  This design will most likely be the final along with the black steel and painted black track systems.  Our project moved along smoothly and I found somethings wrong with Lowe's and Fletcher suggested Sears.  Landon searched Sears while I checked Home depot.  We lost many of the original track systems we looked at and we decided that we need to move on with it and buy one.

Presenting in 3...2...1...0

Today was great time flew by as we practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced our presentation which will be in next week.  In the class Fletcher surprised us with a special foam board cut out design that was functional.  Our presentation lasted for 4 minutes and 25 second.  Landon did great with his presentation that seemed sketchy last week.  Fletcher worked on the foam model that is to scale.  We have several flaws that are not obvious but we found them to be a concern.  When we get time we will research the problems and see if there is any way to fix them.  It has been a short week and we will finish it with in the weeks after Thanksgiving break.  It has been a long time since we have made a major change to the design.  Our design is almost done and should be finished soon.

The presentation

Today Fletcher gave us a scare when he showed us what he had on the power point so far.  It was short and he told us to get to work on what we would say.  I worked on mine the whole time and we tried to recover the images that were taken over the past 10 weeks.  Fletcher keep most of them so we had to check his laptop.  Today I did a little research on sliding track systems because we are behind on that aspect.  We will have some more brain storming on Friday as I tried to this Friday.  We will also try to practice our presentation.  Fletcher has the opening I have the middle and Landon has finale.  Fletcher is putting together the three separate power points together and add the visuals that can change the presentation.   It was like going through and old photo album trying to find goo pictures from the project.