Solving the Cube
I was watching a History Channel episode on “The Toys that Built America” that focused on the development of the Rubik’s Cube. It re-sparked an interest in finally solving the cube. I bought one.a couple of years ago with the intent of solving it, but I never got very...
My 3D Printing setup
I found that there are a couple of people at work who are also into 3D printing so I thought I would kick off the discussion with pictures of our 3D setup....
Toilet Quick Fix
The toilet in our master bath has an inconsistent leak. <sarcasm>I just love troubleshooting inconsistencies </sarcasm> The video below shows the source of the problem. The toilet’s filler valve is spraying water during a flush/fill. The water is deflected by the tank lid and occasionally splashes out on the...
WordPress backups
A while back, I had the Raspberry Pi that hosts the Paynecentral sites crash. I was able to recover the WordPress files from the file system, but not the rest of the Word Press structure. Once I had the site(s) back up, I started to look into better solutions....
WordPress Photo Galleries
So I have been trying to figure out how to leverage my photos on Google Photos on my various WordPress blogs. I tried a couple and think I have landed on “Photonic”. None the less, I want to note here the ones I looked at…and have since deleted....
Video Games
I just registered my Tempest and Centipede Cocktail on the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society (VAPS) database http://www.arcade-museum.com/members/member_detail.php?member_id=504086...
Family Photos
I was looking for a way to share (and most importantly, comment on) the collection of old family photos I have collected. My current SFPG gallery does not offer this functionality I looked at several WordPress plugins: None would give me the ability to tell stories around a group...
Pizza – Truffled Mushroom and Ham
Tonight’s pizza was meant to make good use of a number of leftovers: While we had olive oil and garlic, I hardly consider them leftovers. I went out and got some mozzarella (DiCicco’s again) and ricotta. This time I tried a 400 degree oven. While I waited for it...
Pizza obsession
Late night a couple of days ago I stumbled across a YouTube video experimenting with various recipes attempting to recreate New York style pizza at home. Perhaps I was hungry, but I wound up sitting through 3 of the videos and began obsessing about baking some pizza. I was...
Kodak Photo CD Find
I found an old Kodak Photo CD with an eclectic collection of photos...