Journal Entries
I try to do or make interesting things on a regular basis. Here are some words and photos about my exploits.
The other day I imported a new batch of photos into Lightroom. I keep my photos organized into folders with the date and a rough description of the subject matter in the folder name. While...
Kari was fortunate enough to have Mark Klett for a professor during her graduate studies at Arizona State University, and I’ve been thrilled to get to know him in part by tagging along on his...
I have a hard time coming up with good ideas for gifts for people. I want any gift to be meaningful, both as coming from me and for the recipient. For Kari’s birthday this year...
The project In August, 2020, a fire started in the mountains northeast of Santa Fe. The Medio Fire, as it was called, provides a good case study for how proactive forest, fuels, and fire management...
Early this year I was contacted by a member of Troubadours, a Phoenix-based band that plays music “at the crossroads of Rock, Folk, and Free Jazz”. They found my tintypes on my website and contacted...
I have yet again become another statistic, this time as a victim of catalytic converter theft. Fortunately (?) for me, it was only attempted theft, and the short-term fix “only” cost me about $55. The...
Since earning my FAA Part 107 sUAS Commercial Drone Pilot license I’ve registered on a couple of websites that connect drone pilots with various people who need aerial photography or videography. There is a wide...
…but don’t let me actually fly a plane… I’d been thinking I should really look into getting my commercial drone license for several years, but never got around to it. The information about it is...
One of the first changes I made to my 2003 Toyota Tundra when I got it was to remove one of the rear seat pieces to give me more room. I only removed the bottom...
What could be more 21st century than the selfie? How about “a selfie made using state-of-the-art 3D printing, some electronics hacking, and a touch of retro-cool 19th century photography”? As should be obvious from the...
Several years ago I found out about Arduinos and all of the amazing things you can do, relatively easily, with them and other microcontrollers, and the whole ecosystem built up around them. It is all...
I recently used the pandemic quarantine as an excuse to get on the 3D printer bandwagon. I frequently need to make something, often something specific, but sometimes just anything at all. Being on the computer...