November 2009 archive

Romanesco Broccoli

Cool find by my wife on the last week of the Emmaus Farmers Market. More info on this vegetable can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli .

DIY Rain Barrel

This blog post contains instructions on creating your own rain barrel.

Ziplining in Costa Rica

Ziplining in the cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Yuki and His Chippy

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Yuki joins “The Pack” at Priority Dog

Yuki and the Pack at Priority. Susan at Priority Dog(http://www.prioritydog.com) has a “balanced” pack of around 9 dogs which help to train other dogs by them seeing how dogs are supposed to behave. We have only taken Yuki there 3 times and we already see a difference in his behavior. He also is totally exhausted …

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Checking For Sensor Dust on your DSLR

I always seem to forget these steps so I am summarizing them here… Set focus on lens to infinity. Set aperature to smallest opening(largest # e.g. f/22) Set exposure compensation to +1 stop Take picture of a uniformly lit wall or the sky. Exposure may take a bit, but it does not really matter. Check …

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