adventures in Pi
This is the Raspberry Pi, a very small computer that has some great potential in replacing larger desktop computers and use a heck of a lot less power. I bought…
60cm Venor dobsonian telescope
This is the RASC-KC designed and built 60 cm Newtonian Telescope in a Dobsonian mount. It was great to have out and use in dark skies, for the first time…
fall’n’stars 2014
Glorius daytime *and* nighttime skies for Friday, Saturday and Sunday! The first time in memory. It was great. This is an image from Fall’N’Stars 2014 Star party on Saturday 2014…
finished scanning 3500+ 35mm slides
After a few weeks I think we have completed the digitization of over 3500 35mm slides. It was a gas, seeing as how they have been stuck in boxes in…
L&A Hort Society met last night
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 September 17th at the Napanee Fire Hall community/training room. The topic of the night was stories from…
Aurora! From X1.6 solar flare
Great night for aurora… started strong but after 1 hour outside in +4C weather, very bight moon rising and cloud starting to come in, we also went inside. Thanks to…
X1.6 Solar Flare
On Wednesday 2014 September 10th, starting around 17:31 UT, the sun had a major X class Solar Flare coming from Sunspot AR2158. The 1st note of this was on the…
Compost Dangers
This is how far we got into harvesting compost from our compost bin last week. It is made up of 3 pallets with chicken wire inside. We pulled about 1…
Garlic Harvested, dried, cleaned, stored
The close-to-400 bulbs of 49 various types of garlic were harvested over a couple of weeks and hung up to dry in four drying stands underneath a lean to shelter.…
ATM Flashback 1998
This is the original 60cm glass blank, to be ground down to form a telescope mirror. It took the better part of a year to do the rough grinding and…
Starfest 2014
It’s been 10 years since Kim & I last attended Starfest (near Mount Forest Ontario)… 2004. That was the year of a big storm microburst that destroyed out tent while…
Comet Hale Bopp 1997
From wikipedia: Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) was perhaps the most widely observed comet of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. It was…
Photo Flashback – more 1996
I had actually bypassed this on the interstate highway and had to backtrack a bit to find it. It was not far off, maybe 30 minutes or so. A small…
Photo flashback – 1996
In 1996, I was on the way back from Edmonton Alberta attending the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada General Assembly, and headed south through Calgary and into a small town…
Photo flashback – sunset in 1990
There is no end to great setups for sunset photography on the shores of Lake Ontario in Kingston. This is from the waterfront near the Kingston General Hospital, exposed to…