Randy and Rachel http://randyandrachel.com Our home on the web Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:19:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recommended Cameras I get asked all the time if I have any camera recommendations.  My first questions are always: “what are you looking to get out of it?”, and “what is your price range?”.  I have some stand-by recommendations depending on what the answers are.  I threw together a product recommendation page that takes care of [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/03/12/recommended-cameras/ WebCam Tracker v0.9.0 For whatever reason I wanted to spend a little more time on my WebCam Tracker program by throwing a UI on top of it.  I did and it turned out reasonably well for my first foray into SWT.

3 things I would still like to do:

Thread the image retrieval process.  It’s done but [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/03/08/webcam-tracker-v0-9-0/ How I Stole From a Monastery So, I have a confession to make.

Randy Aldrich is a thief.

I stole from a Monastery back in 1998.  Not much, but it happened.  We stopped at Ettal on our way to Neuschwanstein & I took a little booklet that described the abbey and the monastery.  At the time I [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/03/03/how-i-stole-from-a-monastery/ Diamond Sportsmen Club’s APA Permit Man, the APA can be some real jerks sometimes…  Looks like the formation of the Diamond Sportsmen Club got off to a rocky start.  Found an article detailing some of the things they had to agree to which went well above and beyond standard APA guidelines.  One of the more interesting bits I found is [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/03/02/diamond-sportsmen-clubs-apa-permit/ Hawaiian Tsunami Timelapse I heard about the possible Tsunami hitting Hawaii on Saturday about an hour before the predicted time.  As any photographically inclined programmer would do I went searching for some WebCams.  Once I found some that were returning images (most were timing out or saying too many users) I decided it would be neat if I [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/03/01/hawaiian-tsunami-timelapse/ New Mobile Theme We just installed WPTouch which automatically re-themes the website when viewed on a mobile device.  Probably should have done so a long time ago, but it’s a nice touch and makes the site look respectable on your mobile devices rather than miniature unreadable text.

Here’s a brief history of what the [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/02/26/new-mobile-theme/ Snowstorm in Fairport Took a little walk with my Camera and MonoPod tonight.  It was my first time using a Monopod and it’s alright, but I couldn’t drag the shutter as much as I wanted to so I had to crank the ISO a bit more than I’d like for pictures like these.  Ahh well, turned out ok [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/02/25/snowstorm-in-fairport/ Space Monkey News Ricky Gervais was on The Daily Show Monday night and they showed a short clip from the new HBO show ‘The Ricky Gervais Show.’  It looked hilarious so I took a look around the net and was able to find some of the videos.  The Space Monkey Monkey News video was [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/02/25/space-monkey-news/ The Lone Grave of Benj Miller Ran into a strange site while snowmobiling last weekend.  The Lone Grave of Benj Miller.  At least that’s what I’m calling it…

It’s a single grave surrounded by a chain link fence on the top of a small hill along route 56.  The snowmobile trail goes right by it (2 ft away).  There’s a small [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/02/23/the-lone-grave-of-benj-miller/ The Pinecone The Pinecone is one of those places that is incredibly seasonal. It services mostly boaters and snowmobilers. It’s in Wanakena at the opposite end of Cranberry lake from Cranberry Lake Lodge and there’s only 2 ways to get there on snowmobile: the alice brook trail (a narrow windy mess [...]]]> http://randyandrachel.com/2010/02/19/the-pinecone/