The famous Relpats Contest has been reborn. Simply go to www.relpats-eht.com to check the contest out. Unfortunately, I have been *sniff* forbidden *sniff* from the contest as relpats had already sent me some of the answers when the contest was in development.
These riddles will probably leave you scratching your head from absolute bewilderment. And no, [...]
I am pleased to announce the 2nd edition of my ebook, 5 Steps to Building a Model Bridge. This new edition is expanded to 20 pages, and contains more in-depth information on the art of designing and building model bridges. If you had previously read the 1st edition, I would recommend checking out updated version.
Website version 5.2.0. has been officially released. Hopefully there are no bugs, but that is too much to ask. Nonetheless, I did simulate the environment before I went live, so there should be no major problems. The main page has changed significantly. I think the sections are spaced out more, and are now more clear. [...]
Blue skies and rainbows
And sunbeams from heaven.
Are what I can see when
My Lord is living in me.
CHORUS:Jesus is well and alive today,
He makes His home in my heart.
Never more will I be all alone since He
Promised me that we never would part.
Green grass and flowers,
All blooming in springtime,
Are works of the Master
I live for each [...]
The Bridge Builder Blues is a fun little song I originally wrote back in late 2004. I forgot about it until the Science Olympiad season of 2006. I pulled it out, and with the help of my brother re-wrote the lyrics and came up with the music. Then in 2007 We made a music video [...]
After long last I have completed this music video of the song, Bridge Builder Blues.
To see the lyrics of this song, click here
The Bridge Builder Poem
An old man, going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to [...]
Note, this page is meant for laughs only, and not to offend anyone. If I happened to use something you said, well, laugh along with the rest of us
yea…page 5 has no solution does it? ur just pulln my leg…its not possible i swear it isnt!
okay i got number one now a lil more of [...]
GarrettsBridges.com is hosting a West Point Bridge Design Local Contest. This local contest starts today and runs to March 1, 2010. All designs must be submitted by Midnight, March 1. This contest is open to anyone under the age of 25
As I have been building this website, it has been my goal to get links from other model bridge related websites. I have spent a considerable amount of time doing this. It has paid off though.What is really cool though, is when other websites link to Model Bridge Design all on their own. And that [...]
If you have read my bio page, then you already know a little bit about my bridge building experiences. But today I want to share some more behind why I created GarrettsBridges.com.The only reason I got involved in model bridge building was because of my activity in Science Olympiad. Before that, I simply had no [...]
My brother, cousin, and I were inspired to make this spoof of the TV show, Man Vs. Wild. We call this Man Vs. City. It is filmed mostly on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge located in Charleston, South Carolina.
Man Vs. Wild is a show where a man, Bear Grylls, is dropped off in various wildernesses [...]
This mission statement is a long time coming. I started this website back in 2003 and started my business in 2005. But I feel the need to go ahead and come up with some goals and values for this website to help keep me on track.
Customer Service: Making sure every customer is completely satisfied.
Excellence: Providing quality and accurate advice for building model bridges
Education: Working to help students learn about the concepts and not just giving answers
I am excited to bring to you my picks of the model bridge videos from youtube.com. All you have to do is go to the video category, http://www.garrettsbridges.com/videos and see for yourself. I have gone and watched a lot of videos and taken the ones I think are the best and complied them into playlists. [...]
I have built three different models of popsicle bridges. You can check out each one:
Popsicle Bridge #1
Popsicle Bridge #2
Popsicle Bridge #3
Popsicle bridges provide a unique challenge because of the limited length of the popsicle sticks. This hurts the inherent strength especially in tension. Ideally, a member of the bridge in tension would be one [...]
Have you ever seen pictures of a Tiger Lily? That flower is one of the most beautiful on the planet. Photos of the tiger lily are sweet to see. The colors are brilliant orange, which makes it one of the more unique flowers to take a picture of.
Take your own picture
But don’t take my [...]
I am excited to bring you the option to upload photos of your own bridges and tell me a little about them.
What you need to do:
Version 5.0.0 has been released. However, I cut out some of the new stuff. I will add that later.The major new section is the Bridge Photo Gallery. You can click on all the photos, and some lead to a page with more information about that bridge. All will show you are much larger picture, so [...]
You have probably noticed some changes on the website. Those are the new version, 4.5.2. What may not have noticed, is that only the homepage was ever 4.5.1. I didn’t have time to change the other pages, and now it is updated yet again. What exactly are the changes?
1. New position and style of the [...]
I have almost finished work on version 5.2.0 of GarrettsBridges.com. The new version includes a fresh look, improved navigation, and the start of an enhanced photo gallery.
I have also completely changed the backend of the site. The header, right nav bar, and footer are all going to be PHP powered now, so making updates across [...]
The fix for IE6 took a while, but in the end was simpler that I anticipated. I have already updated the homepage, and the rest of the site will follow shortly. If you are running IE6, please confirm that everything looks okay.
I am still working on a new and greatly expanded photo section.
Work on the [...]
The annual summer itch to update my website has struck again. This update is mostly a frontend, visual update. The website should look much nicer and cleaner now. A bonus of this is that it should be easier to tell where things are
The 2007 contest is over, check back next year for another chance to win!
Here is the Local Contest’s winning bridge:
This is not the winning design for the worldwide contest, just the GarrettsBridges.com local contest. Congratulations to Big Jake who submitted the design and won $100.
Link to Scoreboard
I have updated to the latest version of WordPress. If you notice any bugs around the site please feel free to share them. I will be spending the next several days finishing the upgrade