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 mind that this covers 180 degrees, so keep that in “perspective” as you scroll left-to-right. As usual, click the picture to see full-size.
Here is a panoramic made of 12 shots with the Droid X camera. This time I held it sideways so to capture a taller viewing angle. I think it turned out nicely. Make sure to click on it to see it at full size.
Here are three wooden guns we cut out of a sheet of 3/4″ plywood. These outlines were drawn by hand impromptu, so they are not terribly well thought through or consistent, but the kids don’t seem to mind a bit :)
I captured this photo of a campfire using my Droid X.
From Slashdot:
“After nearly 30 years, the Commodore brand has taken on new management and is re-releasing its flagship computer, this time with all the amenities of a modern-day computer packed inside. From the article: ‘The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped-up for the modern age. It comes with 1.8 gigahertz dual processors, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900.'”
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…
[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 charcoal to a powder, and added a some potassium nitrate and sulphur.
Here is a spoonful of the fresh made black powder
Upon touching a hot coal to it, it ignited and combusted with a lot of smoke!
Quite bright! This is a neat photograph (taken with Droid X)
(Proper safety precautions were taken during this class, including fire prevention and eye protection. Do not repeat without appropriate knowledge and safety precautions in place)
Take a look at this FeedBurner feed — lots of info on rubber band guns! View, Enjoy, and Share.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RubberBandGunPerspective
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 one of the latest activities recorded:
The Gahooa Perspective 