I drove up to a spot near Lake Tahoe for the annular eclipse on the evening of May 20th, 2012. Unfortunately, I didn’t plan ahead and get the necessary solar filters to do any photography work — and checking around the couple of days before the event proved fruitless. But at least I had binoculars so I could set up a projection to watch it.
My little arrangement makes me think of the robot from the movie Short Circuit. Hmm, I suppose Wall-E too.
It’s that time again: upgrade time! I’ve moved to a new home in Santa Cruz and I now have the wall space to do a super widescreen (2.4 by 1) in a Constant Image Height (CIH) setup and do it big: 12 feet wide by 5 feet tall! Sweet! And I’ll give 3D a try too with the JVC DLA-RS55. (My last “home theater rebuild” was going high definition back in 2007 in the loft of my condo in San Jose.)
So here’s a photo journal of the building out of my home theater in my new home in Santa Cruz, starting with the the “before” and “after” shots:
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The house is laid out with a kitchen and a large living room area on one end and a second living room area at the other end and a dining area and entry way in-between….
Lots of pictures from another fantastic weekend of mountain biking and camping with the Outdoor Adventure Club at Boggs Mountain:
Alright, that does it. Enough “surprises”. After several mice in various states of disrepair, a bunch of live but tail-less lizards, a not-quite-dead gopher this morning and a most definitely dead and disemboweled mouse, gopher or rodent of some sort tonight… that’s it. I’ve had enough. No more pet door, guys — no more free in-and-out access. Perhaps you’ll eventually deplete whatever remains in the fenced-in area but you’ll have to do it with controlled access from me.
Oh, you want back in? Not with that lizard you’re carrying, Pan.
Hera, what’s that under your paw? No, the other paw. No, your *other* other paw!
Perhaps after many months like this (not being able to bring prey inside) they’ll lose this habit – or at least drive off all the prey.
They seem to enjoy the access to the roof though – I installed a pet door in the upstairs bathroom window instead. And there’s an upstairs patio area off of the master bedroom where I’ve put in some potted plants and grasses for them.
