The Johnson Blog

Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…

Category: General

  • 16 Months Old

    This morning after searching our house for Easter Eggs and before going to church we decided we’d do a quick David photo shoot.  It had been a while since the “monthly photos” ended, and he was all dressed up for Easter.  As luck would have it, today just happens to be his 16 month birthday too.

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    Ran into some lighting problems (bulb burned out), so some of them are using a combination of lamp and natural lighting.  Those look a little odd to me.

    The rest of the collection are in the gallery (still uploading, should be done soon).

  • Happy Easter!

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  • Daily Photo

    I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a Daily Photo.  I’ve been wanting to spend some more time behind the camera as well as expand my photographic “eye”, and a Daily Photo surely would do both. 

    But can I really commit the energy needed to take 365 disparate photos over the course of a year? 

    I don’t know…

    It sure is tempting though…

  • Day 4

    Today was Day 4 of David’s fever.  As a result, I present a 1 year old with 4 days of little sleep:

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  • The Return of the Hippo

    The hippo is back, this time as a picture frame for Ana’s desk (to hold a picture of David… on a hippo)

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    Last weekend I purchased a few cheap boards of wood to get some practice on my scroll saw.  What better way to test it out than to cut out the hippo again?  It takes alot of patience and concentration for me at this point – if you go too fast or turn too quickly, the blade will snap and scare the hell out of you.  It’s not perfect, but by the time I got to the oval I was able to make it in almost one continuous cut around.

  • Spring

    Yes!

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  • Brushing

    David likes to brush his teeth in the morning. Here he is, telling me to leave him alone while he gets ’em clean.

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  • Organizing My Camera Equipment, Completed!

    I started this project on the weekend of January 25th, and here on March 6th my camera cabinet sits completed and filled with my gear.  It turned out WAY better than I hoped and expected and I don’t have to hide it in a corner.   I normally wouldn’t have gone for the gold hardware, but we wanted it to match the piano that’s in the same room.

    It’s made of Red Oak, stained with 2 coats of Minwax Red Oak oil-based stain, and finished with 2 coats of polyurethane.

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    This photo reminds me that I need to get the magnetic door closers.

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    Here’s the inside – storage for my camera bags on the bottom and lenses on the shelf (all but one lens, which I used to take this).

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    And the drawer is full of the numerous accessories, plus the camera.

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    Feels good to finally have it done and to be happy with the results.  Photos from the build here. A big thanks to dad for coming over tonight to help me move it upstairs, it’s a little too big for one person.

  • Staining

    I did lots of sanding on Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday morning.  And tonight I was able to apply the first coat of stain.

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    So far I’m fairly pleased with the results.  I can see a few spots where I screwed up and must not have sanded all of the wood glue remnants, the jury is out on whether or not I’m going to do anything about the blatant ones.  So I guess I should say it looks pretty good, and looks fantastic if I squint 😉

    I’ll let this dry over night, hopefully it’ll be ready for another application in the morning.

    Update:  Here’s what it looks like Sunday night, after 2 coats of stain.

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  • This Just Cracks Me Up

    http://www.motionbox.com/external/hd_player/type=hd,video_uid=309bddb41f1eeecabe