On Monday Aug 15, 2:16pm EDT, I contributed to the PEN TYPE-A on Kickstarter.  Well, tomorrow is February 1st and so that means that it has been roughly five and a half months since I funded the project.  And you know what – that’s fine with me. An hour ago I got an invitation to [...]

Okay, this may not be one of the official achievements.  In fact, I don’t think Kickstarter even has any such awards for users.  Oh well.  If you don’t know what the rainbow pie chart is below, think of it like a Trivial Pursuit piece. Each color  represents a category of product you can fun.  For [...]

One last reminder, help a fellow Cornell student out and get your name on a satellite for a $25 pledge.  They have already met their goal so this is going to happen.  I actually was able to meet Zac (the project founder) at an entrepreneurship event and this is legit.  Besides, how else are you going to get [...]

Well, the title alone shouldn’t surprise you.  I love startups.  I love open source, and I really love clocks.  So, when I found the ClockOS project on Kickstarter, I had to take a look.  It is a clock made out of 180 surface mount LED’s.  It may not be as practical as the designers say it is [...]

Here is a little gadget that 1) is cool and 2) could burn down your house.  SCIENCE!  But seriously, I want this gadget.  The Plasma Speaker is another Kickstarter product that has reached its funding goal but is still open for another 35 days.  Depending on the amount that you’re willing to invest, you could get a fully assembled [...]

I’m one of the backers on Kickstarter for the Pen Type-A.  Kicksarter is an Amazon.com company that enables entrepreneurs, inventors, filmmakers and artists fund their projects.  It isn’t venture funding – the money comes from backers.  Anyone can become a backer and, if enough backers are found, the project is funded.  If not, then the [...]