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Madalyn Twinkle Toes
June 11th, 2009Celebrating Holly’s 13th Birthday at Disneyland
March 7th, 2009Today is Holly’s birthday and we’re celebrating at Disneyland.
Lost 14lbs w/my iPhone
February 27th, 2009I’ve been using Lose It! on my iPhone to simply monitor how much I eat and exercise. I stick to my budget and find food I like to eat and stick to my budget. Sometimes I’m over my budget but I try to make it a rare occasion. I also make sure the food I am eating is giving me nutrition, so I skip the chips. From the 1st of the year I’ve lost nearly 14 pounds.
If the pace of the graph holds up, I should hit my goal by my birthday in May.
Weekend in Seabrook
January 20th, 2009We rented a beach house out in Seabrook, WA and took this great picture of Holly collecting shells on the beach at sunset.
Kelly’s latest work on realistic painting
December 11th, 2007
Kelly was practicing painting realistically using Painter 9. This is actually her first attempt and its really good. She used a photo reference of Miyavi, a Japanese rock star.
Updated SLK55 AMG Top Gear Video
August 19th, 2007YouTube took down the video I embedded on my post about my SLK55 AMG. I found another source and updated the post. Here it is:
Time Lapse SLK55 AMG 030 Car Wash
April 30th, 2007I created a time lapse movie of me washing my sexy 030 SLK55. It took me 90 minutes to wash but the video is compressed down to only 4 minutes!
Yes I have different colored cloths for different jobs Notice the blue ones for drying the wheels.
That’s actually not a sponge but a really soft sheepskin mit. I’m SUPER paranoid about grit scratching the paint.
Here is my approximate process:
- Start with the wheels. I have four different brushes I use. First, spray them off. Then use a bucket of clean soapy water I start with a wheel and tire brush. I scrub the tires and the large surfaces of the wheels. Then with a spoke brush clean in between each spoke. The third brush is used to get behind the spokes and the brake calipers. Then the lug nut brush. Rinse and check for spots I missed. Next wheel.
- After the wheels, I rinse the whole thing down really well to knock off as much loose dirt as I can. Dump, rinse and refill bucket with clean water. LOTS of soap. Start with the top surfaces and work down.
- Rinse the mit periodically or after cleaning dirty surfaces to remove any traces of dirt. Keep plenty of soapy water on it. Very important especially for black paint.
- Rinse periodically from the top down. Never leave the soap on too long to dry. I wash the back and bottom of the car last. It’s the dirtiest.
- Rinse Rinse Rinse
- I’ve tried everything I can find for drying. The best thing I’ve found is those “Super Absorber” rubbery feeling artificial chamois things. It’s super soft, easy to see if you got it dirty, machine washable and absorbs water like crazy.
- Dry the door jams, trunk jams and wheels using their own towels.
- Throw everything in the washing machine so it is nice and clean for the next car wash.
Night Elf Priest Auruna
April 30th, 2007This is Kelly’s newest drawing of her Night Elf Priest, Auruna.
Make Your Own Free Time Lapse Movie Online
April 1st, 2007<sorry the link is currently broken>
Who hasn’t always wanted to make a time lapse movie? Blooming flowers, clocks spinning, clouds passing by during the day all come to mind. It’s kind of a tough thing to do if you don’t have a camera with a time lapse function built in.
Well, not anyone can make their own time lapse movie with my handy-dandy Time Lapse Movie Maker. All you need is an inexpensive web cam and your web browser. Head over to the Time Lapse Movie Maker page, choose a recording interval and name your movie. Hit record and off it goes.
Shorter intervals are better for shorter or smoother movies. Shorter intervals are also better for things that move a little fast. For instance if you were recording yourself sitting at your desk, 5 second intervals are appropriate.
Longer intervals are better for long time lapse movies or for things that move slowly. The hands of a moving clock, blooming flowers or clouds for instance. The clock time lapse movie I included called “Watchin the Time” was done on 60 second intervals.
The time lapse movies are recorded at 15 frames per second. Based on the interval you select, it calculates approximately how long you need to record to achieve a two minute movie.
Collaborative Magnetic Refrigerator Poetry
March 15th, 2007<link broken at the moment>
Here is a little gem I whipped up:
Collaberative Magnetic Refrigerator Poetry
Work with other people on the Internet to form unique poems or just silly phrases.
It chooses a random color for each visitor. There is no locking of words so someone could steal a word you are moving. Every day or so one word is removed and a new one is added to mix it up a little. It only supports at most 10 people playing at once.
Have Fun!