I thought I’d share with you how I create my time lapse movies. It’s quite simple and doesn’t require any special equipment, save for a simple video camera. I use a Flip HD camera that I picked up before they went out of business (someone, please remind me, why did Cisco kill that business again?). […]
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Testing a Geiger Counter Kit
I recently purchased a Geiger counter kit from Goldmine Electronics. I soldered everything together; attaching the Geiger tube was the trickiest as it’s not actually soldered to the board, just ” strapped” with some wire in three places. One end of the tube is the positive (+) side and the entire center of the tube […]
Print from iPad to ImageWritter II
What if you could print from and iPad to an ImageWriter II? Okay, maybe you don’t want to, but it was an exercise that ultimately proved to be fairly simple. First, you’ll need a USB to serial adapter and the appropriate cables. I was lucky to have a Keyspan “USA-28X” 2-port adapter with 8-pin DIN […]
Peach Theif
We’ve figured out what’s been eating the peaches from our tree. An opossum! O RLY?
YouTube Dump
An interesting way to complete multiplication by drawing lines. Link A guy shows off just how flexible he really is. There's no such thing as double jointed, is there? Link. Rep. Ackerman (D) of New York with some interesting comments on gays in the military. (You might be surprised!) Link.
YouTube Travels
WTTW gets pwned by Max Headroom. Link. Via BoingBoing. CBS News report following the WTTW pirate video incident. Link. Oh Gnoes!~!1 You can't drive a stick! Link. Thanks, Jnova! Kid + big rubber band + ATV = severe neck injury. Link. I admit, sometimes I forget which side the gas tank is on too. Link. […]