another launcher complete

We took Cuz R's idea and made a "launcher" with a 1" barrel. Works great!

Eli did the whole thing, except for cutting the PVC pipe on the table saw.

Looking forward to the glue curing so he can put more than about 20 PSI in it.

Sleepy boy

Last night he fell asleep like this in the kitchen.

SECRET

This photo was leaked today.....some 4th of July Project is going on....PVC pipe and air fittings noted....as well as a lot of empty 20 oz. soda bottles..

He's a pensive boy today...or maybe just tired

Had to take a break

At the pool a third day..... with a real camera today

He is a loud boy

At the pool AGAIN

2.499....thatz sumpin.

At the pool...again

Austin thinks museums are called I-see-em.
And he's running around saying "you dummy" to kids. Not idea but they think he's a funny little kid..so far

Pool today

Every time at Northern Tool he heads right for this thing...and talks about the red tractor before we ever get in the door.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-build%2c-easy-to-use%2c-water-bottle-launcher!/

This one looks cool and safe.





http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-Air-Cannon/

Basically 2 pieces of PVC pipe with a ball valve in the middle.
One end is open, one end is closed and has an air valve in it.


I'm going to make one like this...out of maybe 1" pipe...not HUGE 3" (potato size)
Mine will shoot these sort of 'projectiles' (about the size of a piece of big chalk).


Air tank valve/tire valve. $1.50 at fleet farm.
Screws into the PVC (after drilling a proper hole...of course).

Ball Valves - 3 to 5 bucks depending on size.

Some PVC pipe and fittings and a cap are pretty much all you need...plus the PVC cleaner and glue.


http://www.spudtech.com/ has ideas.

Father's Day.

For Father's Day I got the picnic table I've been eyeing up!

Tonight we had dinner on it in the garage...cuz it is raining.

Worked good!

2 YEAR OLÐ in June

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OUCH!

You have a Picture Mail from

Message: Here's a picture of our sweet boy on his first Emergency Room visit! Seems he decided to split his head open on a table at a restaurant during a lunchtime temper tantrum and the resulting gash needed some professional attention. Options

furnace update

So yeah...nice furnace. Found that the 24V transformer primary was open too. Lots of issues in that old thing. Digging around in it, I see 1976 date codes all over. A bicentennial special.
Older than DeAnna.
Some guy installed back what I was 14 and working on getting a ham license, I suppose.
That guy is probably retired (or worse).

The stupid air purifier is hosed, the humidifier is hosed. Looking around I see why. Burned and corroded wires, which will be removed. I'm sure the end devices are bad too.

Got to drag out my my shiny new 20 year old Fluke amp clamp and meter and found that the fan draws 9.5 amps! Which is normal from what I read, but my God, that's a kilowatt of power! And we let it run year around to keep air moving. I'll be rethinking that scene.

I got things temporarily going with a new transformer and some alligator clip leads.
So the fan is OK, just the control circuitry was bad.

Have to button it all back up after I test the A/C and furnace functions.

Netbooks

Picked up an Acer Aspire One D150 Netbook over the weekend as a replacement for the Compaq Presario V4310NR. Performs well and has a much bigger hard drive than the old Compaq. Certainly smaller and lighter to carry! Amazingly, the keyboard keys are 92-95% the size of a normal keyboard and I can easily touch-type on it. Some of the smaller netbooks have too small a keyboard for me.

Austin says he's txting Crystal

a fine drawing

Sad to say that I made this drawing tonight. Apparently I can't spell "phone."

And this is what I do for a living? Guess that's why there's Visio.

Bike game...u have to pedal it! Cool!

Orange2

Orange

Zoo today

Yesterday

Nice enough for ya today?

Pretty much perfect wx.

Post 1000 in this blog

I think this is Post #1000! Just noticed the last one was #999.

Anyway..here's a pic Austin took...with the Fuji A820...Not with the Nikon D40!

It's bad enough he's monkeying with a $100 Fuji.

This is hilarious...to me anyway.

"If I can't help you fix your appliance and make you 100% satisfied, I will come to your home and slice open my belly, spilling my steaming entrails onto your floor." --From ApplianceGuru.com

It would be even more hilarious if I weren't looking for furnace repair info. The fan relay in our fine 1975 vintage furnace has decided to go into semi-retirement and only works occasionally. Took 'er open and found the coil has had some issues with shorted turns. Getting a new one is easy enough and only maybe $30 or less. Decided to pop open the electrial panel in the furnace and found the low-voltage wiring is not too happy in there...will have to replace some.

Doing alphabet flash cards

Makes good grilled chicken!

Lawry's Herb and Garlic with Lemon Juice marinade

fuel

95218
3.502g
2.659 per
Xerxes hol

Out at a picnic today.

He hogged the whole ice cream sandwich

Jack

Doug and Austin

Video: riding the "bike"

I just bought some crap at this yard sale.

I bought a wireless router for $5 and a coax splitter for 10 cents!

KRBI

Playing trucks

Outdoor laundry

He got a slide from Tim and Ann

One

One: "1. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate"

This is some Rhapsody "share" thingy. Just trying it out.

Socks from Crystal and Doug.

Did you guys both give me these?
Im wearing 'em today.

Actually Doug gave them to me. I've come to find out. :()

86 degrees today

Gramma Jan

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Rhapsody Music

Is finally working again on all the PC's I have to deal with.

Some are Server 2003 and they were hit or miss before.   One of the newer releases appears to have fixed it.  

Rhapsody 70's channel and Club977.com are probably my favorite online music sources and favorite music sources in general.

Satellite radio is next in line.

If I'm forced to listen to broadcast radio (which has gone to hell in a handcart...and no one greased the wheels)...  I listen to WGVX/Y/Z 105.X, KZJK, WLTE, KQRS (but never in the morning).

KQ has some of the best most experienced jocks in town...all been there forever.  One is a great announcer (legendary), but a poor host (in my opinion).  I get enough negativity at work and at home sometimes....don't need to hear it on the air.

I don't want to hear a bunch of talk on my music station anyway.    A few comments are fun, but monologues and "morning teams" are not for me on music stations.  At least Boone and Erickson never sold themselves as a music show.  They were information and entertainment.  And it worked.  It's about the only morning team I can think of that I liked...OH WAIT...There are a few more.   Knapp/Hines and Bush.....and Knapp and Douglas taught me a lot about radio.

Any of those guys and gals back at 78-84 (or so) KS95 were awesome.   Chuck had a good thing going there.   I guess the fracture of pop/AC music in the late 80s killed the format and crippled the station.   Is there even really Adult Contemporary anymore?  I don't even know if Billboard still has that chart any more.

Org bus

Austin lives for this "Orange Bus" at Mall Of America.

You can see Jerrie in the front waving...and you can hear Austin screaming for excitement in this!

Taken 5/6/09

Legs are a little short.

4/24/09

L

Syntor x9000

It's in the truck. Wired and working, but not fully mounted.

110 watts of alternator goaning UHF power!

A little milk at MOA

Cycle gas

94968
135.0
3.855@2.039
7.86
Holiday xerxes

Flying airplanes today

Sheep at the Church on Good Shepherd Sunday.