How many electromechanical parts can I control on the privacy fence with one Arduino and miscellaneous parts?
In other words, when does a fence become a stationary robot/work of art?
Author Archives: treetrunkrick
Close shave
An undated photo of my father at Smitty’s barber shop given to me by Dad’s fellow Army and Masonic buddy, Smitty himself, who has cut my hair for 45 years. Tempus (and hair) fugit.
Happy thoughts
I’ve never thought killing an individual animal was as bad as killing the social animal’s last surviving family members and leaving the individual to live and die alone.
Getting the facts straight!
Garick Zikan and Julie Newman…two local newscasters with no on-air chemistry. Entertaining to watch.
Fireworks — pyrotechnic chemistry in action
I think to myself, wondering, what’s the best way to distribute burnt chemical compounds into the neighbourhood without wars or riots?
Are there any side effects other than happiness and temporary hearing loss?
Thirds on the Fourth
My wife says “no flash photography in the dark, please”; my sister says “smile!”:
Thanks to Bruce and family for the fireworks show.
The Fourth of Happiness
Thx to Pal’s plain tea; Katelyn, Noah and Haley at Ingle’s; and a shoutout to Danny S.
Link o’ th’ day
Shower power, not flower flour fluorescing
After 27 years of marriage, my wife and I are the same in many ways.
I stay in the shower/bathtub to dry myself off with my towel when I finish bathing, stepping onto the floor mat afterward, letting my feet completely dry on the mat before walking on.
My wife, however, immediately steps out of the tub and lets her dripping wet body soak the floor mat while she dries herself with her towel.
If I take a shower before her, my feet are dry when I step off the mat.
If I take a shower after her, my feet are again wet when I step off the mat.
After 27 years of marriage, it still surprises me as I take a shower after my wife, finding the floor mat is wet.
And that is one of the secrets to keeping our marriage fresh — the little surprises that I never let become annoying to me, discovering our differences all over again for the very first time.
Lunch with us!
I enjoyed the country-fried steak with white gravy, turnip greens and fried okra. My wife enjoyed her fried flounder sandwich and onion rings. We both licked our lips over the tasty double chocolate shake.
For dessert, one Elvis Presley cake (bananas mixed into cake batter, chocolate icing and topped with a Reese’s peanut butter cup) and one peanut butter cake.
Two happy customers!
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