A few weeks ago Natalie and I found time to work on the basement wainscoting. Here’s a picture of the progress:
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Worked on the wainscoting in the basement
September 15th, 2011
More work on the wainscoting in the basement
May 15th, 2011Natalie and I spent some time this weekend installing wainscoting in one of the basement rooms. Here are some pictures of the project:
Electric car project is stalled indefinitely
April 30th, 2011Sadly, I sold my electric car project Ford Aspire. At this time I don’t have the bandwidth to work on that project. Someday in the future I may renew my interest, but for now this project is indefinitely stalled. The car paid for itself and then some, so it wasn’t a loss financially but I’m still sad to see it go, particularly considering current fuel prices.
Created new utility bill graph
January 28th, 2011
Installed the security system keypad
September 26th, 2010This weekend I installed the security system keypad. I still have some programming to do, but the majority of the system is complete.
Security Keypad
Security system integration
September 11th, 2010Today I worked on the security system / home automation integration project. The security system now communicates with the home automation computer and it can now send events/triggers to remote servers. In the following picture you can see my homemade PIC reporting circuit (left), the security system (center left), the staging area for my homemade circuit breaker interruptor (center right), and the breaker panel (right).
Integrating these systems has proved to be more difficult than I initially thought. I’m on track for total home automation and internet connectivity via my event log and my remote iPhone control panel.
Here’s a picture of the installation:
Security System
Replacing the radiator in the Jetta
July 10th, 2010Unfortunately, my Jetta has a cracked radiator. The estimate that I received to fix it was $1,500 and $1,000 of it was for labor. I figured I’d save some money by doing the work myself. Today, I removed the radiator. Here’s a picture:
Jetta repair
Updated the kitchen kiosk computer
June 28th, 2010I was out of commission today, so I figured I could be productive by updating my blog. Here’s a picture of the kitchen kiosk computer:
Kitchen kiosk
The original thread can be seen here
Primed and carpeted the theater room
June 28th, 2010Last week I primed the theater room and replaced the carpet (temporarily). Here’s the room as it exists right now:
After priming the theater room
Basement remodel: finishing sheetrock / drywall
June 12th, 2010This weekend my friend Jeff and I worked on finishing the drywall in the basement. Natalie painted the stairway. Here are some pictures:
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- Skimming the theater room
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- Theater room ceiling
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- Basement stairway
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- New stairway fixture
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- The South basement hallway with drywall
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