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Anna Throwing Rocks
Posted in Fun, Life, Nature, tagged Fun, Kids, Nature, Pond, Rocks on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Panoramic of Simondale Excavating at work
Posted in Life, Nature, Photography, Technique, tagged Droid X, Hugin, Kettle Road, Panoramic, Panoramic Photography, Simondale Excavating on May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s spring and with the beauty of the trees and forest, the end of the snow and rain, came time to do a bit more earth moving. I believe this panoramic photograph should illustrate the quality of work rendered by Jim Simondale and Matt Simondale from Simondale Excavating, Warriors Mark, PA. Matt can be reached at (814) 935-8591. Bear in [...]
“WE DON’T SELL BLIZZARD!”
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Life, tagged Blizzard, Comical, Funny, Great China, Resilience Tattoo Company, Signs, Tattoo on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Caught this on the door of Resilience Tattoo Company in a local Altoona plaza after a great Chinese Dinner at Great China. In case you were like me and thought blizzard was something you got at Dairy Queen or happend in wintertime, here is more information: http://wearecentralpa.com/wtaj-news-fulltext?nxd_id=236806 Anyway, I found this to be quite comical…
Chemistry Photography
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Life, Photography, Projects, Science, tagged Black Powder, Charcoal, Chemistry, Combustion, Oxygen, Photography, Potassium Nitrate, Science, Sulphur on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[Charcoal + Potassium Nitrate + Sulphur] when ground together in the right proportion, make … great photos! Here is a scene from chemistry class. First, we made charcoal by heating hardwood without oxygen. This produces a lot of smoke, but in the end, all that’s left in the test tube is charcoal sticks. Second, we ground the [...]
Home School Software in Production Use!
Posted in Engineering, Interesting, Life, Open Source, Projects, Software, tagged Geometry, Home School, Home School Software, Homeschool, Photography, Software on March 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Just an update on the use of our Home School software package… So far, we have entered 216 activities with 462 images/scans across 13 projects, 12 subjects, and 4 students. Nearly all of the photographs we take are with the Motorola Droid X. Provided you have sufficient light, the quality is very acceptable. Here is [...]
Dolly Sods, West Virginia
Posted in Interesting, Life, Nature, Photography, tagged Dolly Sods, Harmans Cabins, Photography, West Virginia on March 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ever been to Dolly Sods in West Virginia? It is really nice. There is a little group of cabins there called Harmans Cabins — see http://www.wvlogcabins.com/ Here are a few pictures…
Market Fresh … Chocolate?
Posted in Fun, Life, Perspective, tagged Chocolate, Ironic, Photography, Walmart on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
@ Altoona Walmart
Home School Software: Inventory Tracking
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Life, Perspective, Projects, Software, tagged Home School, Home School Software, Household Inventory, Inventory, Math, Organization on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ever lose track of how much flour, sugar, milk, eggs, soap, razors, spices, motor oil, filters, nails, screws, glue, paper, staples, etc… you have on hand? Ever shop based on hunger, rather than diciplined restocking? Ever want to have an inventory of groceries at your house, so you don’t have to run to the store [...]
Panoramic of Winter Scene
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Life, Nature, Photography, Software, Technique, tagged Kids, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Panoramic, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Snow, Woods on January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This one was comprised of about 87 overlapping photographs. Eli took his new tripod, on a bitter cold day, and set it up on the “top tier” of cleared ground, capturing about 270 degrees of the scene. Again, we used Hugin to stitch it together. (click image to see full size version) The cameramen [...]
Home School Software, Anyone?
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Life, Perspective, Software, Technique, tagged Database, Home Education, Home School, Log, Organization, Portfolio, Software, Web Apps on January 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
2010-2011 was the first year that we were required by PA law to report our schooling activities to the Altoona Area School district. (simply because our oldest turned 8) Naturally, the topic of Log and portfolio came up needing solved. Having been home educated as a child, I recall the massive effort it took to [...]
