In the last post, I introduced the idea of automating my HVAC system to go beyond the stuff that is capable out of the box and some of the reasoning as to why I wanted to do that instead of going w...

You know those projects where you start doing something and pretty quickly think “why am I doing this? Isn’t the default behavior good enough? Why should I customize this?” If you don’t ever think ...

I took a look at my webste the other day and, for whatever reason, I just wasn’t in love with the way it looks any more. It happens; I mean, the last time I’d updated the look was something like 8 ...

Here’s my favorite pictures of 2018. Japan was the big thing we did this year, but also got some decent pics in Vegas, San Francisco, and right down the street from my house. Enjoy! This was tak...

I got a motorcycle! I haven’t been really satisfied with my commute to the city every day; it’s just about 2 hours one way, given the time to get to the train station, getting there early so I hav...

We went to Japan! The vacation was about two weeks long and it was amazing! We split the time between Tokyo and Kyoto and enjoyed almost all of it. There were a couple tough moments, but all in al...

I was tooling around online and I read about a thing called a “Swineapple”, which is pork tenderloin (or other cuts) put into a skinned and cored pineapple which is wrapped in bacon, then the whole...

When I saw the LEGO Voltron for sale, I just had to get it. Voltron was one of the big toys of my childhood, but I have a special connection with it. You see, one year for Christmas or my birthday,...

I built a deck! We have this area of the yard on the side of the house which has been just dirt and rocks for… well, for the entire time we’ve lived here. I built a trellis for the entrance to th...

Just finished putting together a larger version of the walking AT-AT I bought a while ago. Since LEGO hasn’t done a UCS AT-AT, I wanted something that fits better with my other UCS models, so I loo...