Sewanee Snow January 10, 2010
These photos were taken in Sewanee, TN on January 10, 2010. [nggallery id=25]
Recommended Applications
This article contains a list of free and/or open source applications I recommend for various tasks. I use some of them, others come highly recommended. This is current as of January 3, 2010. I will periodically repost newer editions of this as needed. Go to the next page for a full listing of applications.
R/C Starship Enterprise
I found this on Make. This is a video of a R/C Enterprise "flying" underwater in a pool in Japan. For more pictures and a description of the project, check out the original link at the end of this story. Original Story: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/rc_starship_enterprise_flies_under.html
John Payne Dotson Civil War Photo
Today I received a copy of a picture of John Payne Dotson in his Civil War uniform. He served as a Colonel in the 32nd Infantry Company K and later in the Calvary Battalion Company F of the Army of Tennessee. I've taken the photo and tried to clean it…
A Ride in a U-2
I found this video tonight. Its a very stunning video of a ride that Top Gear's James May took in a U-2. Its really worth watching.
New Night Sky Pictures
Here are my latest night sky pictures. I took these December 10, 2009. The brightest with the star streaks was about a 30 minute exposure. The rest were around 15 second exposures with varying apertures and iso settings. [nggallery id=24]
First Snow of Winter '09
These are some pics of lower Middle Tennessee's first Winter '09 snowfall. Not much but at least 1-2 inches when done. Sewanee probably got 3-4 inches. [singlepic id=1246 w=500 h=500 float=center] [singlepic id=1247 w=500 h=500 float=center] I realize the second is a little out of focus. I hadn't realized it…
Time Lapse Video
I completed my first ever time lapse video with my web cam today. It didn't turn out too bad, though you can really tell I have it on the inside looking through a window and screen. I setup this webcam to upload an image once a minute to my linux…
Fall Creek Falls October 25, 2009
Today, we took a minor excursion to Fall Creek Falls to see the leaves changing. It was the first time that I’d been up to that area. Overall, everything was timed about right ending with the sunset photos, you see near the top of the picture list below.
Applying DD-WRT to a Linksys WRT54GL Router
My ancient D-Link 624 has showing signs of conking out over the past couple of months. That had put me in the dilemma of "Do I wait for 802.11n to be released or do I buy a modifiable router now?" Well, I made the decision. I bought an old, high…