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Monday, May 16th, 2011Time Machine is a set it and forget it backup utility that Apple introduced in OS X 10.5 that is used to automate backups of your computer’s data. Having fallen victim to a hard drive failure years before, I promptly setup Time Machine to keep tabs on all the important files on my iMac in [...]
WindSeeker Time Lapse Videos
Monday, February 28th, 2011Since the middle of February I have been posting time lapse videos on YouTube of WindSeeker construction at both Cedar Point and Kings Island. As progress is made at the construction sites, traffic to the YouTube videos is beginning to increase and people have started asking me how I’ve been obtaining this video footage. To [...]
Roller Coaster Adventure Tour 2010
Friday, March 26th, 2010In years past Abi and I have traveled over a decent amount of the United States for our vacations, with extended visits to destinations in California, Florida, Hawaii, New York, North/South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The majority of these vacations included activities such as lounging at the beach, lounging at the pool, and lounging at [...]
Today. Was. Awesome!
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009Today was awesome. While riding on Kings Island’s The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear this afternoon, we got stuck. Yes, I’m sure most people would get a little freaked out by something like that, but then again, I’m not most people. This was 12 whole minutes that I won’t soon forget. Flight of Fear (or [...]
Of Cameras, Peppers, and Tomatoes
Friday, August 14th, 2009So last post I spent 1200 words being angry at Nikon and the lack of communication between Nikon and me and Nikon and other departments within Nikon. Today I present you with this photo: There was a box shipped via UPS next day air on my porch Thursday evening. It would appear that Vinnie somehow [...]
Dear Nikon, Where is My Camera?
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009I recently purchased a shiny, new Nikon D5000 digital SLR camera. This was a brand new model, released in April 2009. I had been tossing around the idea of buying a new digital camera for quite some time, so when the D5000 was released I jumped on it immediately, buying it from Amazon the day [...]
Signs of Life
Saturday, July 11th, 2009While we still have quite a bit of ground to make up before we break even on the garden, we have seen some noticeable improvement with some of the veggies, including mini peppers that we hope will grow into normal and/or huge peppers. Check out some pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lepolt/SignsOfLife You may notice that there are [...]
New House Month 10: More of What We’ve Learned
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Projects always take twice as long as you think they will Painting sucks, but the finished product is awesome If I build it, it’s going to be sturdy enough for me to climb on The bigger the fire, the better (applies to indoor and out) “Home improvement project” should include a dollar sign in there [...]
Look Back, but Don’t Forget About Moving Forward
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Tonight the University of Cincinnati Bearcats will be taking on the Mountaineers of West Virginia in a college basketball game that will no doubt receive a little extra attention on ESPN. You see, West Virginia’s coach Bob Huggins was once the head coach of UC. Surprised? I didn’t think so. It’s clear that as a [...]
Lumberjack, Painter, and Snow/Ice Remover Extraordinaire
Monday, February 16th, 2009Three new photo albums have been posted to Picasa: Splitting Wood Painting Another Room De-icing the Driveway Thanks to CD, Evan, and Abi for help splitting/stacking wood. Abi and I were responsible for painting and getting all the winter off the driveway.
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