Happy PI Day!!! A few years back… ok… like 9 years ago. I built an interesting piece of functional art in my living room. It was my media center pc, mounted in a double picture frame on my wall. This thing served me well for a long time. But now it’s time to upgrade it. After all this time the ATOM board in there has...

I have made some progress on the green sprinkler system project. I even shot some video recently!!! Here is some testing of the water quality…. WHO PEED IN MY BARREL!! Now for the big update!!! Built a battery from recycled 18650 laptop cells. Hooked it to my pump. Drained my rain barrel!! Then charged the battery back...

So awhile back I came across an instructables article regarding using some ikea lack tables to make a 3dprinter enclosure….. I love ikea…. So this was the project. http://www.instructables.com/id/3d-Printer-Enclosure-from-Upcycled-Furniture/ I went to ikea. Got 2 lack tables and put them together…. I want my printer...

Hello Hello again. Recently I was chiming in on a thread on reddit regarding CCTV. I mentioned how my cameras/cctv is setup. Then I thought. Hey, you know would like to know this? EVERYONE!!!! Really. Conversation totally happened in my head. Told you Doctors it’s not too crowded up there. Let’s begin!! This all really...

So recently I started thinking about my HA system when I have guests. I have a small house (not a tiny house) just a small house. When my parents visit they setup camp in the living room. Working on getting PIR motion sensors to turn things on and off. But with guests, I need a guest mode to disable the motion sensor…....

Ok, we have all done it. Where the hell is my phone? Where’s the ipad? Home alone trying to find it and you have no way of calling it because, well, no land line. A week or so ago I finally replaced my Jurassic period thermostat with something a little newer. I know, weird right. I do all this stuff and I had a...

So a while back (let’s not talk about how long ago) I found the site of HazyMat Multi-zone audio: a discussion of the options He seemed to have found a great solution for doing some work on whole home audio. This is something I have been trying to find a good solution for myself. I decided to test this out myself using...

So my Super Villain lair is super secretly located in my converted garage… shhhh. So we found out that Florida is a rough place to be a super villain. It’s hot here. So I needed a way to help keep my lair cool. So many full moons ago my minions held a Staples store for ransom till they gave me an AC unit. This thing is...

So in the last 2 weeks I have been put to the test of patience and road rage. Last week there was a guy that decided to take his dog for a walk on the over pass and decided to stop and contemplate jumping. This closed down a 3 lane highway and the 2 joining lanes completely in morning rush hour. Diverted traffic was...

So I don’t know why, but I have over the last year or so really gotten into doing things with renewable resources (mainly solar). Well, lets say interested in. I have a couple of solar panels I play with but nothing crazy. So one day I get this crazy idea in my head. I need a rain barrel. But for what!?!?! I had no...