One of the things I discovered converting an old school bus into an RV are these: self-drilling sheet metal screws. They are a game changer.

One of the things I discovered converting an old school bus into an RV are these: self-drilling sheet metal screws. They are a game changer.

I think the potato harvest is my favorite, it’s digging for buried treasure.

I think the potato harvest is my favorite, it’s digging for buried treasure.

Cursing myself for glueing and screwing the partitions in my RV. When a 30 lbs sledge just bounces off you know you have overbuilt.

Cursing myself for glueing and screwing the partitions in my RV. When a 30 lbs sledge just bounces off you know you have overbuilt.

@ladyvonslatt harvested the spawn of last years Jack-o-lanterns! ?

@ladyvonslatt harvested the spawn of last years Jack-o-lanterns! ?

Thing you can do with an old school bus you can’t do with an RV: pull stumps.

Thing you can do with an old school bus you can’t do with an RV: pull stumps.

This rack-mount server slide is the only part of the compute cluster I built in 2008 that is still doing useful work.

This rack-mount server slide is the only part of the compute cluster I built in 2008 that is still doing useful work.

Finally seeing Star Wars and discovered our movie theatre now serves whisky!

Finally seeing Star Wars and discovered our movie theatre now serves whisky!

Quickest Way to Clone Windows (and Windows Server) Disk with GPartEd

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A quick tech note from the day job some of you might find useful. GPartEd is a fantastic free tool for copying and resizing disk partitions, but cloning an entire Windows disk often requires tweaking boot sectors and records after the partitions are copied and this is not always easy or

Victorian RV – Bedroom Redecorated

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I've never been completely satisfied with the Captain's cabin of my bus. The original ceiling in this section was finished with perforated steel sound absorbing panels that did a good job making it quiet but collected soot and dirt and were virtually uncleanable. My solution to this problem was

Meet Marv, The Robotic Vibraphone

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I've been sitting on this one for awhile and I can't tell you how excited I am to tell you about it. Quite possibly the coolest way to way to make weird noises, Marv is a MIDI Actuated Robotic Vibraphone created by Tim O'Keefe, Michael McIntyre, and Brock Roland