http://tuckie.net/wordpress Welcome to the interblag! Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't had as much free time as I would like, but the semester is now over, so that's a good thing. My weekend has been stolen by my parent's main computer system. It had been acting poorly for quite some time. Now that the semester was ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/05/04/general-updates/ My nixie tubes came in yesterday, and I finally had a chance to take a few pictures of them. I'm still trying to decided upon the best method for driving them, though. know that either way, I'm going with a direct drive method. My initial plan was ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/04/13/nixie/ STANDARD DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for your actions in regards to this information. Always take safety precautions when handling any explosive/dangerous materials. This is a project that I finished for last years Fourth of July. It was actually intended for the year prior to that, but rushing to ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/03/23/diy-wireless-firework-control/ A bit belated, but as promised: [imgset:72157604145690557,thumbnail,true] Slightly more info can be found if you go to the image on flickr. a2a_linkname="Florida pictures";a2a_linkurl="http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/03/17/flordia-pictures/"; http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/03/17/flordia-pictures/ I just got this before heading off to Florida for spring break. For those that don't know what an arduino is, and are intrigued by the photo, click here to go to the project's homepage.  Ultimately, I hope to make a Nixie clock using this as the starting point. ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/03/09/my-new-toy/ I have no idea what's going on, but on Wednesday two undersea cables were cut, and another was cut on Friday.  Today I found out that "A fourth cable linking Qatar to the United Arab Emirates was damaged on Sunday causing yet more disruptions." On top of that, they ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/02/03/a-fourth-undersea-cable-cut/ Well, Ritz called yesterday to let me know that my lens is in, but I didn't get a chance to pick it up, so I am doing so after I get out of work. I'm hoping for a new lens (brand new is always better than fixed :) ) ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/01/30/finally-getting-my-lens/ Late last year my camera had an unfortunate accident: the camera landed lens down, from a height of about 3 feet, onto carpeting.  The end result was a camera that was still fine, but a kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6) that was pretty well thrashed inside (rattled inside, couldn't zoom, etc).  ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/01/18/waiting/ Thanks to digg I found a list of 100 wordpress themes (I would have found one earlier if wordpress's theme viewer wasn't sub-par) and decided on this one. As an added bonus, I now don't have to resize pictures from flickr. What do you guys think of it? edit: noooo ... http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/01/10/new-theme/ one of the more interesting of the shots: now to figure out how to change this theme to add just the tiniest bit of spacing for the medium flickr size.... a2a_linkname="Sky looked cool today";a2a_linkurl="http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/01/04/sky-looked-cool-today/"; http://tuckie.net/wordpress/2008/01/04/sky-looked-cool-today/