Backyard RC Track
Last Fall I built a radio controlled car track in our backyard. Here is my first impromptu video shot on my iPhone.
Bobcat in field in Pt Reyes
Last Fall Craig and I took a trip to Pt. Reyes. We did an overnight in the Wildcat campground. On the way back to Sonoma we took the coastal rd out of Pt. Reyes. We saw this bobcat in a field on the drive home.
Transistioning InfoWindows from Google Maps API v2 to v3
I have been making google map mashups since 2007. In that time I’ve seen the Google Maps API change for the better. I have a few projects that are using version 2 of the API. I knew Google was deprecating support for this older API and it was time to upgrade. Most of my maps … [Read more…]
Nagios Installed on Ubuntu 10.10
Yesterday at work I needed to install Nagios on an Ubuntu 10.10 server. It was pretty simple but I ran into a few hiccups that I wanted to document for myself the next time I needed to do this. I followed the regular Nagios Ubuntu quickstart quide except I used sudo on all my commands. … [Read more…]
John Murphy Cruise WOD
John Murphy gave us a quick Workout Of the Day for our cruise. We really liked this one so I wanted to share it. Tabata: 20 seconds on 10 seconds off. 8 rounds Situps Kettle Bell Swings Lunges (weighted) or weighted squats Pushups Russian Twists
Hidden Lake – Chugach Mountains
Craig and I did the Hidden Lake hike a few summers ago. Hidden Lake is right inside the Anchorage Bowl. We accessed this section of the Chugach via the Glen Alps parking lot, you can get here from O’Malley off the New Seward Highway. (Head East on O’malley and folllw signs for the Glen Alps … [Read more…]
MySQL socket error on your new Mac
I hate get getting this error. Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ You get a new mac, install mac ports, install your Rails environment and you get this. I’ve solved this problem before, but I always forget what I did. So this time, I’m documenting it. The first easy fix is this, … [Read more…]
Tweet a Watt
This week I completed my Tweet a Watt. What is a tweet a watt you ask? Lady Ada of Ada Fruit Industries made a cool DIY kit to hack a Kill-A-Watt device. A Kill-A-Watt is something you buy from Home Depot that plugs into an electrical outlet in your wall. On the front of it … [Read more…]
Making LED blinking patterns with an Arduino
I am a big fan of LED blinky lights. I’m an even bigger fan of full color LED blinky lights. I found some great color changing LEDs and wired them up to my Arduino Uno. The Arduino is a great platform for playing with electronics. It’s open source hardware and it has a great community … [Read more…]
Windows 7 and sqlite for Rails
I just installed new copy or Rails on my work computer running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. During installation I ran into this sqlite3 error. After spending 2 days on it I thought I would share the solution to help others out with the same issue. I downloaded the newest sqlite precompiled windows binaries which resulted … [Read more…]