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SRLoomis Family goes Green

srl — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:40:23 +0000

Well, sort of.

We have 2 solar panels (12V) running a fan to cool the garage.

Generates a bit more than 12v

We even have “green” solar mounts (made of shrubbery).

12v muffin fan cools off the garage…

Me demonstrating a solar-powered Peltier junction: Hot into cold!

Books

srl — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:57:50 +0000

Nearly 800 books in the catalog, nearly done…

Edit: as mentioned in #House Update# we are using delicious library to catalog.

House Update

srl — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:09:52 +0000

Folks have asked about how the house is coming along. Here’s an update.

Garden
Rebecca has been growing many good things in the garden! Peas, Lettuce, Tomatoes (including the historically important Santa Clara Canner,

Music

Rebecca is very glad to have the piano tuned and in the music room. She enjoys playing, We enjoy singing together, and Steven enjoys hearing Rebecca play.

The red couch came from the Salvation Army store as did the small table.

We’re starting to unpack the china into the hutch by the piano.

Wall Decorations

We are starting to put up some wall decorations.

Office

Rebecca set up our filing cabinet for organizing everything…

Steven is setting up his part of the office (with plenty of screen real estate..)

Library

Our sectional sofa and new rug, re-installed speakers and books.. this picture is from earlier in the month, we now have most of the books catalogued. Edit: More about the speakers/video at the Tech Blog

That’s your update for now… more later!

S for S&RL

Springtime

srl — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:17:21 +0000

It’s springtime at the Loomis home and lots of things are growing!

Spinach.

Spicy Lettuce.

Swiss Chard.

Apple Blossoms.

Apple Tree in bloom.

Lemon tree in bloom.

Budding out.

Pea vine.

Cherry Tree in bloom.

Roses and Lavender.

Little pinks.

Lady Banks Rose.

Honeysuckle Vines.

Our view from our front porch.

The garden gate.

Our family table

srl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:08 +0000

Front porch as seen from library

srl — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:57:58 +0000

Cables III

srl — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:06:50 +0000

(Rebecca made and installed the purple one!)

We tidied up the server closet a bit by building some shorter patch wires and strapping almost everything down.

With the hanging wires out of the way, you almost can’t see that it’s anything other than a nice hallway closet (in need of a door).

Now you don't see it!

Cable management in progress..

Bolted down and ready.

More cables

srl — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:20:17 +0000

Somehow you never forget T568B…

I did however almost forget a cover on the doorbell!

Doorbell wiring (back)

Doorbell wiring (front)

"Drilling a hole here isn't in the manual"

all tucked in

Cabling

srl — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:31:24 +0000

On Saturday, among many other things, we installed a new access box for the cable modem connection, and pulled 25′ of cat5e+rg6/quad. It was a team effort. The patch panel is very happy bolted to the wall after years of “temporary” mounting.

Priming

srl — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:48:30 +0000

Steven finished priming the front porch tonight. Whew. It’s nice to be directly working on the project!