http://www.carlfacer.com Some people say I have ADD, but I... Hey Look! A Chicken! Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:11:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So after installing the Kenwood TM-D710A and Garmin Nuvi 350 in the Subaru Forester, I decided to update the website to include a fast way of finding where I am, despite the words of caution muttered by my family. You can either click on the link on the upper right-hand ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2009/11/new-page-for-aprs-location-now-online/ So after looking at my blog it is very apparent that I've neglected my duties. As such, I have decided to start writing about my adventures with the Open Source Arduino platform (www.arduino.cc) and the vaporware projects I work on.  Currently, I am working on interfacing my Arduino Decimillia to a ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2009/08/arduino-adventures-intro/ One could probably come to a conclusion, based on the date of the previous post, that my life has become a little preoccupied with current events, and they would be right. Well, that or you could just call me lazy ... your choice, but I'm sticking to my guns on ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2008/09/life-updated-contest-season-career-wedding/ Another camping trip with the guys is in the books and there are plenty of pics this time around thanks to Todd. Certain highlights include: Climbing Cascade Mountain Boating on Schroon Lake (incl. skiing and tubing on 2 boats) Campfire and associated refreshments Kayaking (albeit barely before the storm) "Threading the needle" on a few ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2008/07/camping-trip-2008/ Time to play catch up! Here are a few pictures from running electric to the shed behind the house using the DitchWitch. We also helped our neighbors to the North do the same thing. All-in-all a great way to spend a Saturday morning. Thanks to Bob for all the help! Here ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2008/07/yahp-yet-another-house-project-shed-electric/ As noted by the date of my last post, things have been slightly hetic lately, but there is an announcement to be made. Let me introduce the newest member of our family: Maggie! She is a six-month-old Black Lab / Border Collie mix that we adopted from lollipop farm on ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2008/07/new-addition-to-the-family/ http://www.carlfacer.com/2008/02/funny-cat-cartoon/ With many thanks to Todd, Cyrus and Irena, we got a bunch accomplished on the basement today. The final wall of framing went up, the floor got prepped for painting, the electric is finished and most of the plumbing is done in the bathroom! After the help left, RuthAnne and ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2007/09/more-basement-work/ Ok, so I've been a little bit busy lately and haven't had much time to update the site, but I wanted to throw a few pictures of the rover up on the main page. The full gallery can be seen by clicking here. Enjoy! {wp-gallery-remote: gallery=0; rootalbum=28155; showalbumtitle=false; showsubalbums=false; showimagesheader=false; thumbsize=90; nocaching=false; ... http://www.carlfacer.com/2007/09/september-vhf-contest-pictures/ Her are a few pictures of the car that I promised a while back. I also added a few modules to Word Press so that show up a little nicer. More to come later! As always, clicky = biggie! {wp-gallery-remote: gallery=0; rootalbum=28724; showalbumtitle=false; showsubalbums=false; showimagesheader=false; thumbsize=90; nocaching=false; imagefilter=include:28160,28181,28199,28202,28223,28226,28229; divstyle=;} http://www.carlfacer.com/2007/09/photos-of-the-car/