Author: brucewinter

  Nobody stands a chance at guessing this mystery photo.   It was taken from an unusual perspective: I made a video with some more details on the solar water tube project I wrote about a few months ago:     http://misterhouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/passive-solar-water-wall-battery.html The maker of the tubes featured my some of my photos on their website.  Last…

An wonderful thing happened at Dad’s funeral.  Just as the graveside ceremony began, 3 horses galloped over a hill and joined us in saying goodbye: Dad was good with horses.   These are the videos we showed at the funeral, some of which show him horsing around with horses: A slideshow that Dad prepared about a…

We were so lucky to have had this Dad.   Friends have said the same thing, to have had this friend.   Patients, to have had this Doctor. Memories are wonderful.    Sometimes hard to paint with words, so I’m going to revel in photos.    This is the Dad I remember most:  thoughtful, kind, and generous.    I…

  This month’s mystery photo start with this clue.  I call it BoxHenge: That’s the only clue you get. Oh yeah, almost forgot the mystery photo: Ok, one more clue.   They photo is from a follow-up project related to a video I did last month on monitoring air quality:   http://misterhouse.blogspot.com/2015/01/monitoring-air-quality.html In people news, Aya…

  Remember that crazy small nano quadcopter I showed last month?   I discovered an even smaller one, easier to fly, and only costs $20 preassembled! That bigger black one costs a whooping $45, as it has a build in camera for recording pictures and/or video.   My initial crazyflie kit copter, while harder to fly, has…