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I'm making a tap floor O_o

Added 2018-11-11 19:09:44 +0000 UTC

Hi everyone! I hope you're all acclimating to the Fall/Winter season fairly well!

I just wanted to let you know how your support is fueling my madness this month... as I feel you have a right to know:

So I'm going to let you in on a little secret that I don't typically tell people unless I'm drinking and ranting about my childhood. I use too dance back when I was a kid, for about 12 years- specifically tap dancing.

For the duration that it is cold outside here in the desert wild of the Vegas... I'm going to make it a habit to dance outside every other day for an hour or so; for a few reasons:

I want to make sure I keep my body and heart in some relative health-like shape since I realize I'm in my 30s now and spend most of my time in static positions
I am going to hack my dance floor... and my tap shoes to do things. I'm not entirely sure of the what or how... but it's going to happen non-the-less.
Noodle needs to learn how to tap dance, (so I must teach him to walk and balance first)

I'll be producing a "tap floor" this weekend/early week with ~$50 worth of materials. I'll be streaming the task =P

For tap, it's important that the floor have a sufficient amount of spring to it, so that I don't injure myself over time while slamming my feet into the ground to make the clicking sounds!

If I am able to pull this off correctly, my floor will be 4' x 8' large, and occupy the same space on the patio as the kitty pool of summer.

Anyhow, wish me luck :) I'm off to Home Depot! The link I provided is of one of the DIY tutorials I'm following for this project.

Also, I survived giving my talk at Hackaday's Supercon last weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0SN3oPkDAg

-Sarah