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<\/a><\/p>\nI think our chance of survival is pretty good, but just in case, figured I better post this month\u2019s pictures. <\/p>\n
Remember last month\u2019s snowman?<\/p>\n
He spent the last month evolving. First we added a bunch of mostly random appendages:<\/p>\n Then I hooked up a hose with some micro-spray sprinkler heads at the top of a ladder:<\/p>\n And ran it overnight when the temp went freezing:<\/p>\n After some tuning, I got more ice re-directed from the ladder to the monster:<\/p>\n Then I added some xmas lights:<\/p>\n After a few nights, the lights were under several inches of ice:<\/p>\n Then a fuse in the string blew, likely not to be replaced until spring:<\/p>\n We got a bit more snow, so I extended and added some more appendages for icicles to hang from:<\/p>\n That pointy ice spear formed on that stick under it, then melted that way over a few days:<\/p>\n This is the mighty religious warrior with spear pose:<\/p>\n Then the spear melted to a blunt knob and started on a new one:<\/p>\n There were some really neato ice formations around the spray heads:<\/p>\n And some outer-worldly ice formations elsewhere:<\/p>\n Wait, was that a doggy photo? What’s that \u2026 needs more cowbell, er dog-bell? (SNL skit). Well, ok, since you asked, I happen to have a few: <\/p>\n Bantik loves snow:<\/p>\n And pine cones:<\/p>\n And plastic bottles \u2026 best toy ever:<\/p>\n But clothing not so much \u2026 he and I both think this one makes him look like an ivy league preppy:<\/p>\n So we usually go without, although we do get a bit wet and dirty at times:<\/p>\n He has been helping me break up and move ice off of our pool cover \u2026 an excuse to build more ice monsters!<\/p>\n One other slightly less silly project this month. I populated my desk with various electronic parts:<\/p>\n And this popped out: <\/p>\n It measures various air quality metrics like temperature, humidity, and most excitedly, particulate content (air clarity), then uploads the data to the cloud via WiFi, all at <2 watts.<\/p>\n I built three of these, for various indoor and outdoor placements:<\/p>\n For any any geeks of interest, plots are here:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n