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
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
More work on the wainscoting in the basement
Sunday, 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:
Created new utility bill graph
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Installed the security system keypad
Sunday, 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
Saturday, 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
Updated the kitchen kiosk computer
Monday, 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
Monday, 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
Saturday, 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
Created utility tracking page
Saturday, June 12th, 2010I created an executive dashboard of my overall energy expenditure. One of the graphs from it can be seen below. In this graph, you’ll find electricity, natural gas, and the aggregate (the red line). I’d like to overlay an average monthly temperature trendline on this graph, but it’s going to require me to install my own weather station (or a reliable source of data for my zipcode). Until then, here’s the graph at present:
Added hardware to garage cabinets
Monday, May 31st, 2010I finally added the hardware to the garage cabinets. Here’s a picture:
After priming the theater room
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