Chris Bergeron's Blog

Replacing the radiator in the Jetta

Chris — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:59:56 +0000

Unfortunately, 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:

Updated the kitchen kiosk computer

Chris — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:46:15 +0000

I 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:

The original thread can be seen here

Primed and carpeted the theater room

Chris — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:19:34 +0000

Last 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

Chris — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:02:13 +0000

This weekend my friend Jeff and I worked on finishing the drywall in the basement. Natalie painted the stairway. Here are some pictures:

Created utility tracking page

Chris — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:55:35 +0000

I 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

Chris — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:46:47 +0000

I finally added the hardware to the garage cabinets. Here’s a picture:

Latest events

Chris — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:50:21 +0000

Commute Tracker: Recorded commute stop time 06/26/2010 14:18:55 (2010-06-26 14:18:55)
Electric Bill Recorded: Bill amount of $149.31 for 1478kWh used during 31 days of service. (2010-08-02 12:52:12)
Security System: Kitchen/Garage door closed (2010-06-12 23:04:15)

Awesome DIY CNC machine

Chris — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:59:06 +0000

I just ran across this amazing DIY three-axis CNC machine on instructables.com:

I’m definitely going to build this beast in the near future.

Ask me anything

Chris — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:07:56 +0000

If you have any questions about my me, my projects, my accomplishments or my failures, ask them anonymously here:

Created Energy summary page

Chris — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:37:26 +0000

I created an energy usage summary webpage to give me an ‘executive dashboard’ of my home energy usage.