I added more items to the Mobile Science Lab. The main new item is a WeatherFlow WEATHERmeter. This is a pretty neat bluetooth device that captures wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. New stuff means I needed to update the case. I fiddled a bit to get everything to fit. I think …
Category Archives: outdoors
My little mint tin backpacking stove got picked up by Make magazine
They even made a video of the construction. I was supposed to be backpacking on the ice age trail the day it was published, but had to cancel my trip. So while I have used it, just not out on the trail. Embedded Link http://makezine.com/projects/mint-tin-multi-fuel-backpacking-stove/ View this post on Google+
I love having a 3D printer in the house
A new hobby is botany. So I made up a leather tool roll and bought some tools. A self closing tweezers is on the list, but I would need to order one. I thought I could print a decent one. I was right. Nothing available to download on the thing sites yet, so I designed …
Breakfast is served.
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 …
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 …