do it yourself
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 [...]
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 [...]
Garden Update
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Just a quick update on our garden…we spent another fifteen dollars on materials, which brings our grand total to about $105. We have harvested a couple strawberries, which were valued at $.65 at the store. Only $104.35 to go until we break even! Also, we have a friend in one of our pots:
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.
Integrating Picasa Web Albums Into my Site with PHP
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008I like to think that I take a moderate number of digital photos, and I’m always looking to store them on my computer. I use iPhoto for organization, which I believe is a great application. I’ve always liked to share my photos online with friends and family (and whatever other creeps find the links), but [...]
New House, Week 1: What We’ve Learned so Far
Friday, July 25th, 2008The first week of new home ownership sure has been busy. Due to lack of internet you’re going to get a quick list of notes and no new photos. Stay tuned for further updates… What we’ve learned so far: ALWAYS remember to put the bonnet nut back in place before turning the water on There [...]
Laptop Guts Make Great Picture Frames
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Below I’ve created a photo documentary (uh, sure) of how I transformed my old laptop into a new digital picture frame. Taking apart laptops is not very fun, especially since I was trying not to break anything! There were ~100 tiny screws, parts taped on, and plastic pieces everywhere. I used foam board to help [...]
A Transformation: Old Laptop –> New Digital Picture Frame
Thursday, March 6th, 2008In this post I will attempt to explain [in all the gory details] the steps I used to turn my old laptop into a do it yourself LCD digital picture frame. This is a continuation on the last two posts, so I apologize if my loyal readers (all six 6,000 of them) are getting tired [...]
Bringing a Laptop Back From the Dead
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008In my previous post I talked about how a certain brain lapse of mine caused a sudden and painful death of a certain 6.5 year old laptop. Kevin even took the time to say a few words about my unfortunate experience. It was a sad day, sure, but there is a happy ending. After browsing [...]
A Do It Yourself Screw-up
Friday, February 29th, 2008Last week for some reason unknown to anyone, I decided it would be a good idea to take my old laptop and morph it into a digital picture frame. You know what I’m talking about; those picture frames that you plug into a wall while connecting a memory card and then the photo on the [...]