I think these daylily photos I took this morning are technically better than the roses I took yesterday. Sharper. It's funny how much steadier you hold the camera when you don't have to pee. I much on the unopened flowers. I wonder if the girls would eat them if they picked them? Going to try …
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Roses in my rose garden
I get my wife roses every year for mother's day. Eventually there will be lots of roses in my yard. I will need to practice taking better photos of them. In album 6/17/15 This climbing rose is a few years old. It dies back every year and keeps coming back. Not quite great, but pretty …
I have a trip on the calendar for the 4th of July for a trip with a buddy (who isn't…
I have a trip on the calendar for the 4th of July for a trip with a buddy (who isn't a ULer). My wife sent me to Aldi's for some ground beef, and I saw a few things I just had to have. A 40oz stainless water bottle and the Adventuridge Lightweight Foldable Backpack. The …
I think I just had an invention idea for an internet of things Oven
Stick a borescope or two into an oven so we can watch what's cooking. Cell phone to monitor the image, you can tell if the item is done without opening the oven door from another room when the timer goes off. Add a vent to the outside, and you can trigger a speed-cooling cycle by …
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It's wonderful what happens when you help others
Something amazing happened this week. A group that I participate in was just given an amazing gift. http://enablingthefuture.org/ was given a $600k grant from google.org. Having printed and given away the parts for a prosthetic hand, helped with a fundraiser for getting a 3D printer, and spent some time writing a bit of software leveraging …
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