{"id":537,"date":"2010-09-07T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/?p=537"},"modified":"2010-09-07T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:05:41","slug":"space-invader-footstools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/07\/space-invader-footstools\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Invader Footstools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With some nice red cedar left over from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/2010\/08-27-two-more-muskoka-chairs\/\">Muskoka Chairs<\/a>, it seemed inevitable that I would build a footstool or two&#8230; or four&#8230; it&#8217;s *possible* I may even get a fifth, or else I&#8217;ll make a couple of small planters or something&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding: 3px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968194673\/\" title=\"Cedar Footstools\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4110\/4968194673_0614ab9d93_d.jpg\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968194673\/\">Cedar Footstools<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/rgdaniel\/\">rgdaniel<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any decent project is only as good as its plan&#8230; or hopefully better&#8230; taking my dimensions from an existing crappy old footstool (which will soon be kindling, if I have my way) I taped this detailed architectural drawing to the shop wall, so I could refer to, and deviate from, its intricacies as I went along&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding: 3px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968801978\/\" title=\"The Best Laid Plans...\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4084\/4968801978_3eb5b03f17_d.jpg\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968801978\/\">The Best Laid Plans&#8230;<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/rgdaniel\/\">rgdaniel<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>I thought at first that my design reminded me of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/images?hl=&#038;q=android+logo\">Android logo<\/a> &#8230;but now I realize it looks more like the blockers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/images?q=space+invaders+screenshot+original\">the original Space Invaders<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding: 3px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968192967\/\" title=\"Cedar Footstools\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4147\/4968192967_6ca930c986_d.jpg\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/4968192967\/\">Cedar Footstools<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/rgdaniel\/\">rgdaniel<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_541\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/SpaceInvaders2111.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot from the original Space Invaders \" title=\"Space Invaders \" width=\"340\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-541\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from the original Space Invaders <\/p><\/div><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With some nice red cedar left over from the Muskoka Chairs, it seemed inevitable that I would build a footstool or two&#8230; or four&#8230; it&#8217;s *possible* I may even get a fifth, or else I&#8217;ll make a couple of small planters or something&#8230;. 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