Inspired by this really bad comparison: His fountain pen was so fancy it looked as if someone had grabbed the pope, turned him upside down and started writing with the tip of his big pointy hat. I wanted to see…
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The Great Palace Vine fountain pen
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Latest fountain pen
This latest fountain pen was made from Alumilite, a two-part resin that I mixed and poured. There’s a lot going on in the swirls. It’s mostly red and gold, with some other stuff in there as well. I’m fairly pleased…
Beach sunset photos
A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to go take some sunset photos on film. So my wife and I made our way up to Huntington Beach, and I was able to shoot a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 in…
Posted in Personal Tagged with: beach, california, ektar, huntington beach, kodak ektar 100, scan, sunset
Fixing Dropbox Camera Upload
I’ve had an iPhone for nearly a year now, and it’s been a wonderful device. I’ve been very happy with it. Some months back, I installed Dropbox so that I could keep some files in sync between my laptop and…
Pen casting experiment
So I thought I’d try a little bit of casting and see how it goes. I’d never done any casting of any kind before, so I’m glad for a good pen turning forum and that there are some very informative…
Pens for Interns
Our church has two Bible college interns working here for the summer. They’ve spent the summer doing all sorts of things, helping out around the church, ministry related tasks, helping out with our youth group. So I decided that they…
Posted in Pen Turning, Wood Working Tagged with: bocote, lace sheoak, lathe, pen, pen turning, sheoak, summer interns, turning, wood, woodworking
A quote I like and yet not
For some reason, I really like this quote. While at the same time, not liking this quote. “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to…
Re-enabling a pesky write cache
So at work we have a number of disk systems made by IBM. One of them is a DS3400 filled to the brim with 1TB drives. It’s used in our backup system as a storage device. It sits idle most…
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Alyssa and Keenan are engaged!
Alyssa and Keenan are engaged! Keenan wanted his proposal to be a surprise for Alyssa. It’s a good thing we’re all photographers, so she didn’t get suspicious with all the camera gear. She knew he was going to ask her,…
Posted in Personal Tagged with: beach, desert, engagement, huntington beach, orange county, photography, san diego
Orange Calendar gadget?
Okay, I admit it. I like the calendar gadget in Windows 7/Vista. Yes, I know Windows will show you the date down in the lower right hand corner of the screen. But that’s just the date. I like seeing the…