i’m still sorting through some of the pictures, but here’s a picture of our better together sign that our friend had made for us on the side of the road in hawaii. quite the surprise and pretty awesome.
thanks, david, gwen, and zachary!
a couple of weeks ago, i built a wheelchair ramp. there are all sorts of codes and regulations for how one should build a wheelchair ramp. make sure to follow your local laws. if a wheelchair ramp is to be connected directly to a structure, you have to go to your city’s [...]
the microwave that came with the house was an over the range microwave complete with an exhaust fan. it was the original microwave that comes with the house, aged about 9 years. it just stopped heating things one day and so the hunt for a new microwave began.
since we got a stainless steel [...]
i purchased a set of ebay RF flash triggers and they came in the mail last week. i gave them a test run over the weekend and they work fabulously. i have read about people who have complained about them misfiring, but so far i haven’t had any misfire issues. they say [...]
today is the big day! i think all of the wedding preparations are pretty much done. it’s almost noon, and i’ve got another 2 hours to get ready and then it’s gonna be pretty much NON-STOP. go here. stand there. say i do. walk. it’s a lot of [...]
thinking about getting the A-Data 16GB Compact Flash? i don’t blame you. at about $130, it’s the cheapest CF you can buy right now, at about half the cost of a sandisk extreme III 16GB card. so what are you missing at half the cost? speed.
this is going to really depend [...]
constructing the black straw snoots was much more time consuming than i had anticipated. i ran into many obstacles. my first obstacle was the lack of proper tools. but before i get too far ahead of myself, perhaps i should explain just what a black straws snoot really is.
simply put, it is [...]
i saw the black straws snoot and had decided that i wanted to give it a try. the hard part was finding black straws. apparently panera bread and boston market both use black straws, so i went over to panera bread today to get some straws. i felt bad grabbing the first [...]
strobist: lighting 101 is the most in-depth series of articles about off-camera strobe photography i’ve read, ever. it is so well written and so informative that it makes me want to pick up my multi-flash setup and start to experiment again. i never really understood how to light a scene, but there’s a [...]
a few days ago, i noticed that we had new visitors at the house. they were unwelcome, uninvited guests. my first strategy to make them leave was to ignore them, hope that they get bored, and leave. as with most problems, ignoring them simply didn’t work.
my next strategy was to confront them [...]