This question was asked a few months ago, but I really like it, and it would be cool to do periodically. So Hubski, what's the last thing you've made? A painting, a song, a delicious meal, or anything...
Me: VW Community Rescue Site Curtains on my shitty old bus and as always, too many of other projects in the works...
I made some beer the other day. I'm still an amateur but will step up to the all-grain plate soon enough. So far I've made an Irish Stout and an IPA.
Very cool. If you need any all-grain advice, ask away. Here's one for free : A Schmidling Maltmill will last forever, and you don't need (or want!) the adjustable one. I've been using mine for well over 20 years.
Thanks for sharing! I'm sure I'll have quite a few questions once I start acquiring all-grain equipment.
Pie crust as a dessert with sugar and cinnamon on top. So good. So, so, good.
I recorded this a while ago, but I added some new vocals Wanted to create something uber-poppy.
Not something I made technically but a few weeks ago I found an old (1950's) office desk that someone had stored in a shed for 10 years. They were going to burn it but I managed to talk them into giving it to me instead. I work from home several days a week and I needed a better desk than I currently had Just got it and needed a cleanup:
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image After some cleaning, sanding and before I applied any lacquer (pictures taken in a house we were renovating at the time)
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image Obviously the restoration is not complete, it still has a bunch of scratches and marks (although the picture makes them look a lot worse than they really are). I want to replace the black section on the top with a piece of vinyl/leather similar to a writing desk, I just need to find a suitable piece. A friend of mine is making a replacement drawer for the right side. I wanted to use the desk for a while to see how it "fits" before spending money, up to now I've just spent time on it.
Anytime my fiance sees and old VW bus she freaks out (in a good way). Are they absolute nightmares to maintain or are they not so bad? I had an 80's Jetta back in the day and loved it. That thing was kind of like Frankenstein...just wouldn't die. Got passed around to a couple friends who continued to drive it long after I had sold it. I can't say that car was ever 'baby-ed' at all. The only real issue it ever had was a disturbing sound from somewhere under the front area, which was completely my fault for running over a parking block. It never manifested as anything other than a disturbing sounding noise though.
They're not hard to maintain, it's more like a stream of constant maintenance. But aside from fixing rust, which does require a lot of skill, the mechanicals are simple and parts aren't terribly expensive. Definitely fun vehicles, but I wouldn't get one if I wasn't mechanically inclined or unwilling to learn how to work on it, or lacked the time and space to work on it. They're 40 year old vehicles that have taken a lot of abuse over their lives, so more often than not they're total basket cases that require a lot of attention. It really makes you appreciate how maintenance free a modern vehicle is. It's a slow sort of revival with mine. I'm stuck in an apartment for a year, and can't find a space to work on it, so I can only do so much. Eventually I'll really be able to tear into it. On a more positive note, there are few things better than wandering leisurely down the coast in a VW bus on a sunny day. :)
Doesn't fixing rust really just mean cutting the metal away and welding new (sheet metal or otherwise) to the sections of good steel that are exposed? I've got rust round my wheel wells of my current ride, and a little on the window frames. I don't think I really have the tools to take care of it based on what I've read.
I am currently working on a self-portrait for drawing class. Here it is. This is about 15 hours or so of work and it still needs plenty more, but I'm fairly proud of it. Especially since this is only my second quarter in an art class. Also, now that I look at the photo I notice that the papers aren't lined up.
I am a photographer on the side in addition to my day job. This weekend I shot a concert for charity and mainly because I have a few friends in one of the bands that was playing. So I spent yesterday afternoon shooting the event, and last night "making" the final edits to the photos and getting all the post processing done. Also it was a sad day, upon opening my gear bag at the start of the event I found my SB-900 (Nikon strobe) battery compartment had white crust all over it, a battery had exploded for whatever reason. I normally empty it out after every shoot, but apparently I left them in there, and left the thing on like an idiot. Cleaned it up, tried some new batteries, but she wouldn't fire up. And since it wasn't a wedding or paid gig I didn't bother to drag my backup gear along, so I had to shoot without a flash. Not really a problem as non-flash shots look the best at concerts, but the strobe is good for the safety shots if the lighting of the venue is piss poor. Stupid mistake from a shoot I did the previous weekend seems to have cost me my main flash. :(
Yeah, it was weird, and it was brand new batteries as of a week ago for another concert I shot. I think the reason it happened is because I left the strobe in the on position. It goes into sleep, but think it was still trickle-draining the batteries and when they ran out of juice and it was still drawing they probably got hot and burst or just burst for other reasons. Two of the four AA batteries in it were bubbled up on their ends and seemed to have leaked. Won't make that mistake again. I leave my batteries in my SB-600 all the time and have had that strobe for going on 6 or 7 years now. SB-600 is my backup strobe, and it's an awesome strobe to have. Think I'm going to get a 910 to replace my 900... but going to see if I can possibly fix the 900, but my guess it's dead for good. :( Good to know there are other Nikon shooters on Hubski!
Sometimes batteries will have some sort of guarantee about exploding and ruining your electronics. Might be worth checking out. And yea, haven't shot as much lately as I'd like to. But I keep saying I'll get back into it soon. The constant rain and overcast weather in Vancouver doesn't make for super interesting shots.
Yeah, planning on looking into that, and also calling my insurance agent to see if there is any coverage there. I bought the thing when it was brand new and it was almost $700 at the time... so a small deductible might be worth it. I have a specific amended plan under my home insurance policy for my photography gear as I use it for a side photo business. I have some gear I use for my personal shots and walk-around photography (D80/SB600 and some cheaper lenses) that isn't really covered except under my "general" home policy, then I have another set of gear that I really only use for pro/paid gigs and that is the stuff that is all covered under my extended plan just for those specific items. All my pro-grade glass from Nikkor/Sigma, my SB900, my D700/300, etc. But I'm definitely looking at the battery company (Duracell) and I saved the batteries that exploded if they are needed. I think I'll be able to get a check out of my insurance company fairly easily, but I've never had to make a claim under it yet so we'll see. I hear that. I live in Minnesota, so same for me. My walk-around personal stuff has been innactive since last summer. Only thing I've been doing photography-wise is concert gigs, which I don't mind, but I like outdoor stuff and walking around and shooting weddings, and all that stuff is limited to a window of only a few months here.Sometimes batteries will have some sort of guarantee about exploding and ruining your electronics. Might be worth checking out.
The constant rain and overcast weather in Vancouver doesn't make for super interesting shots.
You won't get any better at it if you delete it immediately. If you're just beginning to learn programming, Python is a much better choice than javascript. It's simpler, more elegant, and has less oddities, is more extensible, and is often (the exception being web front ends) more applicable to your problem. Don't give up. Javascript is not the answer to the problem you face. I'm a little biased, but I've written a fair amount of both.
My first two thoughts were about an algorithm for a Project Euler problem and a bunch of stuff in Minecraft. It was only after I scrolled through the whole page that I remembered that I recently made one and a half boxes. I find it interesting (and somewhat troubling) that my first thoughts weren't physical objects.