Category: Projects

A collection of my projects, from the electrical and electronic to the software and home improvement.

  • Kitchen remodel

    Kitchen remodel

    Sarah and I decided our first big house project would be a kitchen remodel.  The old cabinets were very distinctive, but not that practical.  And Sarah loves cooking, so we needed an updated more convenient kitchen.

  • Festivus, sort of

    It’s that time of year again.  The weather is changing.  The leaves are falling.  We’ve already gotten our first light snow fall.  All of those elemental goings-on spell holiday buzz: Festivus!

  • Outback iPodulator

    Outback iPodulator

    My wife just got a Subaru Outback 2.5i station wagon. She’s in love with station wagons. No, seriously. Station wagons have been her dream car body style forever. It’s like she’s been a stereotypical soccer-mom-in-training since high school. That said, by her account I drive a station wagon too. I’m not going to split hairs…

  • AC outlet timer circuit

    AC outlet timer circuit

    Time to get caught up on some old projects. Here’s the first of many…

  • SandPress image set

    Oh, what the heck. Merry Christmas…

  • The inmates are running my asylum

    The inmates are running my asylum

    A few years ago, Alan Cooper wrote The Inmates are Running the Asylum, a polemic about the software development business. A better metaphor for my “web design” techniques does not exist!

  • linkage following

    Design Adaptations has an informative piece about the rel=”nofollow” link tag that WordPress uses by default.

  • The blogging blues

    So I was talking to Sarah last week about my current blog funk. And I gotta say — I felt like throwing in the towel…

  • Weekend(s) painting dash

    Sarah and I are both list people.

  • Theme change

    So I’ve changed up my theme yet again. Seemed fitting since life took a great new direction recently. More on that later, I promise, with pictures! In the meantime, tell me what you think of the new digs. What needs to change? Give me an excuse to tweak!