Ben Howard

@glowforge did you somehow get customer emails from @BambulabGlobal in order to send marketing spam?

@LucidSoftware Instead of using all this empty space for menus, you've made me click one extra button every time I need to access a menu item. I guess it makes the vibe cleaner? Remember you're making a tool that people actually use; not a piece of modern art

@QuakesSF Is something broken with your automation? It looks like there are lots of non bay area quakes showing up

2.15 magnitude #earthquake. 37 mi from ##JoshuaTree, CA, United States earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-08…

Sometimes friendships are hard to explain. Happy Halloween! @RaptorHouseFX

Come to @makerfaire next weekend to see all the cool stuff (and of course Vanessa The Robot)! Maybe this cool baby will even show up again.

Great fun at #flowerpiano at San Francisco Botanical Garden this last weekend! @SFBGS

Vanessa The Robot will be roaming Flower Piano at San Francisco Botanical Garden this weekend with some new songs and a new look! 11 am – 3 pm Saturday and Sunday.

@natemelen So glad you had fun with it!! I will cherish my trophy forever

@bendhoward thanks for one of our favorite things at Burning Man this year. You deserved the winner trophy! Hope you stayed dry!

Fog machines use a dumb design, and here's how: benjaamin.com/blog/fog-machi…

A little blog post describing how Vanessa The Robot works: benjaamin.com/vanessa-the-ro…

Massive shoutout to @naklugman and @lanecpowell for making electronic puppet insides, costume, and tireless videoing!

I made an animatronic puppet and piano robot that can drive around and play "A Thousand Miles" by @VanessaCarlton because it seemed like something that should exist. youtu.be/Vb5y-kY6nVw

Posting my pandemic-friendly PAPR respirator design in case anyone wants to make one. It's nice and cool inside because of the fan, and no nasty coronas can sneak in through gaps! Detailed assembly guide here: benjaamin.com/hybrid-respira… #PAPR #COVID19 #respirator

@BigelowSpace I think we both know that a 5.6% chance is not considered low probability for a potential collision this large...

Today, we were notified by the US Air Force that there is a 5.6% chance that Genesis II will collide with dead Russian satellite Cosmos 1300 in 15 hours. Although this is a relatively low probability, it brings to light that low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly more littered.

Anyone want a free #Juicero costume? (for real) Hit me up! Otherwise it's going in the trash...

This changes everything. twitter.com/rocketlab/stat…

Tall shelving unit next to my bed seemed like a bad idea for a few seconds there

We call this "47 Doves and a Lemur”. A Planeteer artist's interpretation of the July 2017 Soyuz launch that accidentally placed a @SpireGlobal Lemur in the wrong orbit among 47 @planetlabs Doves. It's a real zoo up there.

@YouTube just shut down #codyslab - one of the more educational and uncontroversial channels. I’ll pray to our google overlords tonight.

Ouch. twitter.com/NASASpacefligh…