do it yourself
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 really is enough [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]