We didn’t want just any firepit, we wanted one that looked great. The nice ones are very expensive, the cheap ones would do but look cheap, and the project ones I saw also used expensive custom parts. My goal was Read More
One of many “my wife saw it on Pinterest” projects – next was a Dutch door project at the bottom of our stairs at the entry to the basement. Having the dutch door here will act as a baby/dog gate, Read More
I started working on setting up OpenHab as a home automation hub using an old laptop and a Z-Stick. My main requirement is to be able to hook up my thermostat, as everything Z-Wave looks pretty straightforward. My thermostat is Read More
I’m starting to play with http://d3js.org/ as it appears to be the way of the future for data visualizations. I’ve set out to create an app that serves and displays images that are in a chronological order in some kind of time-series/timeline, almost a Read More
It’s taken me far longer than it should, but I’ve finally gotten my McLane Edger craigslist score in a proper working order. The original issue had always been an awful squealing noise that would totally un-wind the pull cord in Read More
I won’t rant for too long about the great Sham that is Comcast, but remember the big HD TV transition? With Comcast you “didn’t need to do anything”, right – nothing except get some set top boxes for each TV Read More