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200 Miles, 8 Runners, 31 Hours: A Race Log
Introduction I’ve always thought of distance running as an individual sport. You throw on some shoes, pop in some earbuds and put one foot in front of the other for a long time. Sure you may go out in a group from time to time, but if you can have a conversation than you’re not [...]
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Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar
Several months ago Jason asked me if I could fix a MIDI Guitar. I didn’t have the slightest idea how to fix one, and had only speculative knowledge about how they work, so naturally I said “yeah, sure, piece of cake”. If I’d have known at the time the kind of gear lust this project [...]
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The Evernote Workout Log
A few weeks back I wrote about a little fitness experiment I had started to try and reduce the amount of time I spent training while maximizing results. During the experiment I needed a place to document my workouts so I could review my progress and see if I was meeting my goals, as well [...]
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Drawing a Hexagon in Processing / Java
As part of my little HarmonicTable project I spent a lot of time figuring out how to draw a proper hexagon. It seems I wasn’t alone in this endeavor, as I’ve received a few comments and e-mails about how exactly to do this. At the request of others I’ve moved the Hexagon class back into [...]
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Cotopaxi: Part One
"La Entrada de Cotopaxi!" The bus attendant called. We looked around and didn’t see anything resembling the entrance to a national park. The bus didn’t slow, but we walked to the front anyway, thinking we might have to duck and roll to get off this thing. The bus slammed to a halt and the door [...]
Otavalo: You Don’t Know What Cuy Is?
“Luis, what do you call that plant?” I asked, pointing to one of the hundreds of Century plants dotting the countryside. “That? Just ‘cactus’.” “I can’t believe there are so many of them. They are a treasure in many American gardener’s collections.” “Here, they are a nuisance.” After a Jumbo breakfast we took a road [...]
Old Quito: The Cure for Altitude Sickness
Feb. 17th 2012 I popped out of bed starving and ready to get some food in me. Cary rolled out wondering what the hell was wrong with her. We made our way downstairs and as we had breakfast the effects of altitude sickness took hold of Cary. After politely excusing herself from the table, Cary [...]
Center of the Earth: Coming in Hot
Feb 16th 2012 "We’re coming in kinda hot, aren’t we?" "Uhh, yeah" The little display embedded in the seat in front of me indicated Time remaining to destination: 25 min. I glanced up seconds later and it read 19. Moments prior the captain had indicated that we shouldn’t be concerned with the woman lying in [...]
Casio MG-510 Midi Guitar
Back when I documented the repair of the Casio PG-380 MIDI Guitar, I had no idea that this post was going to dominate the traffic patterns to my little home on the web. Fully 1/3 of all visitors to this site come to that post, asking questions, posting comments, and requesting repairs. One request I’ve [...]
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