Zarius

Stanley the Snowman

Chris — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:52:15 +0000

Lynn and made a snowman. His name is Stanley

Cute Kittens

Chris — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:15:37 +0000

Light, Camara, Action — Go!

Chris — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:34:23 +0000

Awesome!

An RC Car chase made entirely out of cardboard, hot glue, and spray paint.

The Dark Side of the Meow

Chris — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:09:38 +0000

The Dark Side of the Meow

Painting Cats

Chris — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:55:03 +0000

Leak in the Ceiling

Chris — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:17:17 +0000

Bigger Hole

More water damage

Water damage up close

Steve Jobs

Chris — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:13:01 +0000

Are you ready for HTML5 video?

Chris — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:35:42 +0000

Handy article to get you going with HTML5 video.

No matter where you sit in the HTML5/Flash debate, the fact is, more and more mobile or low-powered devices are being shipped either without or with very minimal support for Flash video. Web developers who design sites that utilize video need to be cognizant of this reality and design and build their sites accordingly.

While it’s great that video hosting services like Vimeo and YouTube support HTML5 and that solutions for larger sites are available from places like Encoding.com and Brightcove, that still leaves users who want to host their own video content — but don’t necessarily use a platform like Brightcove — in a bit of a predicament. After all, in a perfect world, everyone who visits a website should be able to view video, whether they are on a desktop or on an iPhone.

Fortunately, there are a number of great free tools available that will let you serve video via HTML5 and also support Flash, in the event that a visitor’s browser doesn’t support HTML5 (or in some cases, the video codec being used with your HTML5 code).

5 Tools For Integrating HTML5 Video in Your Website

Really? Just my luck

Chris — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:30:23 +0000

So, I just have returned from California after spending the weekend working with my Dad, who drove up to help me out, in the backyard of my rental house in Fair Oaks. There were weeds that must have been 4 feet high. It was great fun.

This trip was to meet with the new tenant and take care of all of those things. Everything was good, until …

I get an email from the new people and it turns out that the ComCast cable guy fell, yes fell, through the ceiling when running cable in the attic. He was not hurt which is a good thing but the ceiling in the family room, not so much.

Tech Support: Sewing Machine

Chris — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:56:48 +0000

Lynn’s sewing machine is having some issues. The gears are not playing nice. She was describing the problem to me and concluding that the timing was off which turned to be the problem as one of the gears is missing some teeth. My wife, she is good!

New Door

Chris — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:44:38 +0000

This was my first door installation. The DIY videos make it look easy but they all seem to be on newer homes not like mine which was built in the 1940s