Boomer Sassmann
Searching for happiness and adventure both near and far, in the digital and the physical. There are so many places to see and so many things to learn, you better get started.
Featured Sections
Motorcycle Adventure
24 Hours of Lemons
Web Development
Bridging design between the physical and digital space
Digital Design
For over two decades I’ve been building and tinkering online. From the early days of Angelfire and GeoCities, to the massively creative era of Macromedia Flash and now deep in the WordPress landscape. This passion (maybe obsession) with the internet has allowed me to steer clear of the corporate rat race and work with some amazing businesses and brands over the years.
Physical Design
I’ve been passionate about building, fixing, designing and re-imagining physical products and spaces for as long as I can remember. This passion solidified in college as I worked on my Industrial Design degree at Appalachian State. These days, almost 20 years later, I continue to tinker on cars, motorcycles, my 100 year old home, and most recently with my Laser/CNC/3-D Printer.
Blog
Charleston to Jacksonville Through Savannah – 279 Miles
The days are packed so tight that I'm having a hard time posting daily. I'll try to catch up with a handful of posts. Leaving Charleston On the way out of town I got stuck behind a guy in a pickup truck who had the bed of the truck packed full of office equipment. I...
Raspberry Pi 2 Motorcycle Computer
The idea for a bike computer came from a desire to have a constant dash cam to record my journey. I do have a GoPro but it's a first generation without the hotspot ability.I've also been searching for a project to push me through my learning curve with Raspberry Pi's....
Beam Me Up – Timber Frame Kitchen Renovation
In 2013 I purchased a house built in the 1920's located on the outskirts of Asheville. Since that time I've been re-wiring, re-plumbing, combining rooms, etc. This post will highlight one of the main projects that I've been working on, The Kitchen Remodel. The...
Asheville to Charleston Complete – 286 Miles
The first leg of the trip starts with a ride from Asheville, NC to Charleston, SC. I convinced my friend Jack to ride along with me and hang in Charleston for a few days. It was nice to have a riding buddy for the first part of the trip. We took the long route from...
The Initial Route Plan Version 1.0
The Route Check Out The Map on Google Week 1 - My trip begins in my hometown of Asheville, NC. I head southeast to Charleston, SC. South to Jacksonville, FL and on to the Orlando area. From here I head back northwest to Ochlockonee FL, west to Mobile and land in New...
Arduino Egg Incubator – Version 1 Breakdown
This video walks through the breakdown of the first Arduino Chicken Egg Incubator that I built. I ran two batches of Eggs through it and then decided to cannibalize the system to make a better version. This video was recorded so that I could have some documentation of...
Custom Pannier Box Attachment Saddle Bags
Pannier - "basket, especially one of a pair carried by a beast of burden" When I purchased my bike it had some nice panniers already attached. They were expandable BMW boxes but just weren't going to cut it for this trip. I found a pair of aluminum boxes on Craigslist...
2 Days to Departure
On Saturday, April 2nd I set out on a 30 day 5,000 mile solo motorcycle trip around the right half of our country. I'll be documenting the trip and will try to have regular posts on this site. You can also follow along (with less reading) through the Instagram...
Asheville NC Bee Class with Les Crowder
Last year I attended an amazing Bee Keeping class that was taught by Les Crowder. Les is as close to an expert on Topbar beekeeping as you can find these days. He has managed to make the slippery transition into commercial bee keeping while still practicing the top...
