Fun with high PSI H2O
Paula and I were cleaning our patio today when a wave of emotion hit me. Can anyone think of a better way for me to express my undying love than to carve…
Speaker building lite
I’ve ticked one more thing off my list of nerdy things I’ve been wanting to try: building speakers. Admittedly, I didn’t do the full building experience this time, choosing instead to start…
A Productive Weekend
At around 8 tonight (which should have felt like 7 due to the time change) exhaustion set in. I didn't really feel like I should be all that tired but looking back…
Quick tip: slide to open cheap resealable bags
You know those tiny little bags of screws and bits you get with Ikea furniture and computer components? Don't struggle to pull them apart, just squeeze and slide! The cheap re-sealable "Ziploc"…
Enjoying a nice fire
When the power goes out we enjoy a quiet evening with the old-time comfort of a nice fire... And the glow of our phones as we check Facebook, play games and watch…
When coffee is just not good enough
It was a struggle to drag myself out of bed this morning. I had a full night’s sleep, but it was just one of those days when the first twenty minutes of…
Special donuts for those painful morning meetings
There are some meetings that I really don’t want to attend... it’s never fun fighting with grumpy developers first thing in the morning. Next time it’s going to be an extra contentious…
Harvest time!
We've been jealously watching Trina's plum harvest and anxiously waiting for the blackberries in our area to ripen. The wait is over. This morning I walked Finney down to the trail at…
I beg to differ
The paperwork I received today had print on all pages... including this one:
Did that just void my life insurance policy?
There appears to be a different definition of “vegetable” once you get south of the Mason-Dixon line. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining… but I’m pretty sure I just ate 3…
Reevesville
I find it's a good idea to drop in every once in a while to make sure the residents are taking good care of my town. A surprise inspection is always good for morale.
Tracking your lost Fitbit tracker
So your Fitbit is gone. The first thing everyone does is look at when it last synced. Don't look only based on sync, look based on when it last moved. Here is…
One of these things is not like the others…
Was doing a web search for an industrial style hose reel. Bing helpfully provided some related searches. Let’s play a little game, shall we?
That’s going to leave a mark
Paula and I spent the day in the garden, pulling weeds, putting down landscaping cloth and covering the whole thing with mulch. The result is tremendously satisfying. It was, however, an all-day…
Getting started with Arduino
I've been reading about Arduino in Make magazine for years now and decided to jump in. I picked up a starter kit from Adafruit along with Make's excellent "Getting Started with Arduino"…
Easy visualizations for your Arduino data
Over the years I've had several different time & temperature weather stations which gave the current outdoor temperature and humidity but were a bit thin on capturing historic data. I've considered buying…