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Ordering new iPod touch 5th gen, ship date? [ship oct 9th, 2012] [arrival on 12th]

Friday, 2012.09.14 J.D. H. One comment

UPDATE 2: the 5th generation iPod touch shipped out on Oct 9th 2012 via FedEx and has an expected arrival date of Oct 15th Oct 12th! (FedEx is ahead of schedule!!!) UPDATE 1: Amazon now has the entire 5th gen iPod touch line available for pre-order. I am considering canceling my Apple pre-order and switch to Amazon because there would be no sales tax in my state. UPDATE 0: the ship times and arrivals mentioned in this article are based

Cooler temperatures at night

Monday, 2012.08.06 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Notes from the farm: updates about daily life out in the woods and off the grid. This has been a hot summer with a number of dry spells. Thankfully the rains have been just frequent enough to keep things green around the farm. Likewise, the nights have generally been cool enough to be comfortable. Only a few nights has it stayed above 80. The past two nights have been even better, quickly dipping into the 60s and getting all the way down

Adjusting color balance on Android phones

Friday, 2012.07.13 J.D. H. Leave a comment

One of the beautiful things about Android devices is that they are so configurable. Case in point, adjusting the color balance on my phone. My Motorola Photon has a nice resolution screen (256 PPI) but I never found it comfortable to my eyes 🙁 Today I had my Photon setting next to my iPod touch and found that on the Photon screen whites were too white. It really looked less appealing and caused more eyestrain than the otherwise antiquated iPod touch screen.

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Off the grid solar system maintenance

Sunday, 2012.07.01 J.D. H. Leave a comment

This morning I performed a couple simple maintenance tasks for our off-the-grid solar system: Washing the solar panels This is actually optional maintenance, as you don’t have to wash your panels. However, keeping solar panels clean and free of dust etc. can appreciably boost your power output. After washing the panels (it has been pretty dry and dusty lately) I had about 10% more electricity being generated. Woot! Adding distilled water to the batteries Flooded lead acid* batteries periodically require distilled

Crazy cool bathroom!

Thursday, 2012.06.28 J.D. H. 4 comments

Samantha and I are planning our new home, with the help of our good friend and architect John Odom. Along those lines today I came across a pretty crazy bathroom idea: An exhilarating bathroom experience awaits you.http://www.discountbathroomvanities.com/blog/?p=1441Discount Bathroom Vanities Blog » Read more! Idon’t think we will be doing anything quite so crazy in our houseplan, but it is pretty darn cool 🙂 PS this bathroom actually reminds me of some of the insane bathrooms in old Colorado mining buildings,

Springfield MO power outage

Friday, 2012.06.15 J.D. H. Leave a comment

We were having lunch at Red Robin and the power went out. Checking on how wide spread it is… To be updated.. UPDATE: Much of south Glenstone affected, with traffic lights being out as well. Police on hand to direct traffic.Businesses without generators were either having to close or accept payments via cash or manual credit card processing. To be updated… UPDATE: Called City Utilities and as of 5-5:15PM electricity has been restored. I asked the reason for the outage,

Supermoon photo

Saturday, 2012.05.05 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here is a photo I took of the “Supermoon” tonight: Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikkor 28-300mm It was a very beautiful moon! I rate it 5/5 stars 😉 Top Search Terms:supermoon 1980 (3)super photos with nikon d7000 (2)super moon photography tips (1)super moon it\'s a trick for objectives of camera (1)super moon in hawaii 1980s (1)super moon 1980's (1)super moom 1980 (1)nikkor lenses to photograph super moon (1)jdhodges.com (1)supermoon returns in 5 may 2012 foto (1)

Power outage in Springfield MO caused by drunk driver

Tuesday, 2012.04.03 J.D. H. Leave a comment

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