So I don’t get the chance to pick locks very often — and it’s always for a very good, legal reason, such as unlocking accidentally-locked file cabinets at work — but when I actually manage to do it, it’s a very satisfying feeling.

Today, Cary and I celebrate our 2nd anniversary. We both agree that it feels like we’ve been married for more than two years (and it feels like that in a good way). I think we’ve managed to establish a marriage built on equality — we’re in this together.
So happy anniversary, Cary. I [...]

I spent some time today working outside and in the garage. One of the things I’ve had in the garage that I’ve needed to get rid of since we moved is my old desk. It was a monstrous black-and-woodgrain laminated thing that I got back in 1997. It was the kind [...]

I still need to pretty up the back side of the frame, but for the most part, it’s finished:

I finally took some pictures of the guts of my photo frame (click on any of the images to go to the flickr site where you can view larger versions):

This is the motherboard by itself, stripped of all peripherals. The small circuit board hanging off the top of the motherboard holds the power and [...]

So I think I finally have this photoframe working properly.
Over the past several days, I’ve been trying to get the wireless card working. I was worried that spending only $20 on a wifi card would be a mistake, and that a more expensive card would be a better investment.
On the one hand, that’s true, [...]

My current project — one which I’m determined to finish — is turning an old laptop into a photo frame.
I hesitate to call it a “photo frame”, because ultimately, I don’t really see using it for displaying photos. I’d like to use it to display weather or other useful information, but [...]

A couple of days ago, I had to take Cary’s Volvo in for repairs. The air conditioning had stopped blowing cool air, and with the spring coming up, I knew that fixing the air conditioning was something we wouldn’t want to wait on. I was prepaired to wait [...]