Progressive Odyssey

Backstage-pass to the journey that is my life.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Front Yard Landscaping - First weekend

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Spring has arrived and we've begun redoing the landscaping in our front yard.  We actually started late last fall with the purchase of a...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Chore Board

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In an attempt to stay on-top of our regular house-hold duties and the growing pile of house-hold projects, Katie and I recently purchased a ...
Saturday, March 07, 2015

Door Anatomy

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You know those cheap doors that you get at Lowe's and Home Depot, the ones that cost around $60?  We replaced two of those in our house ...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Trip to DC

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In late January I took my first trip to DC, one of many that I suspect my new job will have me doing.  It was my first time in the Capital a...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Christmas Tree Watering

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For our first Christmas in Washington, we purchased a real, live Christmas tree.  My wife loved it; it looked and smelled great, making our ...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

What I'm Learning About Insurance - Part 3

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Its close to a year after I started writing about it and now that my case is settled and I have a tiny bit of free time, I've decided I...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

One Year Anniversary

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A year ago today I was hit by a car while riding into school on my motorcycle.  Today, I can walk and though there is pain in every step, m...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Household Detritus

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When the mover's had completed their job, our house was virtually empty with only the items we ourselves were taking in our car remainin...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Life Change

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Today I successfully defended my PhD dissertation defense.  Except for some administrative paperwork, I have matriculated here at Wichita St...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Ain't No Amazon

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We've needed to replace our stall shower door handle since we bought this house.  It has been broken and corroded; barely functional and...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Upgrading the Power Supply

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In my dabbling in hobby electronics, my primary power supply is the one that I built in my third semester of my undergraduate education. ...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Lorenz in Living Color: Part 6 - Testing the Combined Code

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I've finally been able to integrate the two halves of my code: ( differential equation solver and the LED light updater ) and I'm ha...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Lorenz in Living Color: Part 5 - Calculating the LED States

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With the solution of the Lorenz system in place , the next task was to figure out how to define the color state for each of the 50 LEDs I...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Daylight Alarm Clock - Indefinite Development Hiatus

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To put it simply: this isn't working for us.  The real-time clock was a nice addition and guaranteed some sense of normal time-keeping ...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Daylight Alarm Clock - Real-Time Clock

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My wife and I are not sure yet whether this whole daylight alarm clock thing is a good idea but I'm pushing ahead for now.  The light ...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

Leather Seat Repair

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We recently acquired a very used car that had leather seats.  All of the leather was in very good condition except the driver's seat; wo...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Daylight Alarm Clock - Proof of Concept

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Have you heard of these daylight alarm clocks ?  You set the alarm for your normal wake-up time and a the clock controls an attached light t...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Dissertation Simulations Continue

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A month ago, I projected that I would be done with all the computer number crunching in just a matter of a few days.  I was very, very wron...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

Bicycle Lights

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One of the things that drew me to Breezer bikes , the brand I currently ride, is the integrated lighting system.  A generator driven by the ...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Even Better Fix for the Temperature Shifts

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As I discovered previously , the load of the relay coil was causing Vcc (which is used as the analog reference voltage by default) to droop ...
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