Germany
ByDerek
Photos from Dusseldorf and Cologne
Photos from Dusseldorf and Cologne
I almost never take a day off from work, but today marks the second day in a row I’ve been home. I should have seen it coming, with the high rate of coworker absences and coughing. Tuesday afternoon, I started to get that funny [bad] feeling in my throat. Wednesday morning, it was full on…
So a little less than a year ago, I took some temperature measurements in my attic to see if the installation of a ridge vent would cool it off any. Here’s last years (pre-ridge vent) numbers: Updates: Attic:113.2°F Outside Max:85°F Attic:95.5°F Outside Max:70°F Attic:106.5°F Outside Max: 75°F Here’s the new (post-ridge vent) numbers: Attic:100.9°F Outside…
Turns out, New York State’s STAR program failed in it’s primary goal – to reduce the property tax burden. It actually had the opposite of it’s intended effect – it accelerated spending by local school districts, which in turn raises the homeowner’s taxes. I really don’t understand how politicians think. If a whole bunch of…
So we just carved our pumpkins and I grabbed the camera to play around a little bit. Got some cool results! Here they are on their own… Here I added a little light painting with an LED flashlight gelled with a full CTO… Strobe behind the pumpkin, with my Sto-Fen Omni Bounce makes a Spooky…
I love cool water displays, like the fountains at the old Kahunaville. Someday I hope to grovel at the base of the Bellagio. So, naturally, I drooled a little when I saw this video clip about a specially designed waterfall that can scroll text and shapes. Alan’s probably going to get to see it in…