Posted in adventure on Jan 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Starting to explore more east, around the Carnation area. Lot – a lot – of course farms out there, which is a bit of a surprise to me but I guess they have to be somewhere. Photos
Posted in adventure on Jan 10th, 2010 No Comments »
The DNR has announced that on the heels of their budget being slashed by 60% that they will be forced to close some popular destinations, including Mt. Si and the Rattle Snake trails. These are some of the most popular day-hiking destinations and see over half a million visitors per year. These sorts of closures [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 9th, 2010 No Comments »
I just updated the software on my Garmin Colorado 400t and realized there are some real enhancements. One of the first is a new feature that allows you to take averaged waypoint readings. Basically, like a GPS rig designed for surveying, the GPS takes continual readings while it is assumed to be in a fixed [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 6th, 2010 No Comments »
The flickering is due to the clip being shot using Av exposure, and the unstable meter taking lots of different readings even though the scene hadn’t changed at all. For constant daytime or night-time clips this doesn’t seem like a big deal (just use manual) but it complicates things for doing daybreak and sunset shots, [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 6th, 2010 No Comments »
This very simple video was achieved off my back porch. On a lark I installed the Canon Hax (CHDX) onto a A620 we had laying around. This is something I’d ultimately like to do with my DMC-G1 but I don’t have a suitable intervalometer yet. YouTube.
Posted in adventure on Jan 5th, 2010 No Comments »
Sometime last year the resistor pack went out in the TJ for the HVAC fan. The result was a classic TJ problem, the fan could either be off or full blast, but nothing else. The reason full blast works is because that selection is 0 ohm, bypassing the resistor pack. I replaced it with a [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 5th, 2010 1 Comment »
This is what happens when you run diesel through a paint sprayer. You get a clean paint sprayer, and a big fire.
Posted in adventure on Jan 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Taking the driveshaft apart is easy, as it turns out, especially if you have a vice and that u-joint press from Harbor Freight. If you don’t the next-best thing is probably to put the shaft down on the ground and bang on the bearing end-caps with a drift and a hammer. Because we never use [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Ever wonder what the black rock desert area looks like in winter? I had high hopes that you could drive out there towing a snowboarder at reckless speeds, but their trip report from 2004 suggests the playa is impassable. That surprises me a little, I’d expect it to be frozen solid.