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Boxster Winter Prep 2014

November 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayInterns have been putting off “winterizing” the Boxster until the very last possible moment…and who can blame them? According to the interns, [...]

Sensu Brush FirstUse

September 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

When digital tablets came onto the scene many saw their potential as a portable canvas for budding Rembrandts, Picassos, and Monets. Apps for sketching and painting showed [...]

BirdCam Pro InTheWild

July 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

The BirdCam and BirdCam Pros from Wingscapes are weather-proof wildlife cameras/videocams. Both cameras have been set up in various sections of the RainyDayGarden for [...]

DIY: Tanto

July 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

While cleaning up the office, we came upon a tanto blank we had purchased many years ago but had forgotten. It has been a while since we built a knife. In fact, the last [...]

EXO Labs On UNITRON

May 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

The  UNITRON inverted microscope is pretty cool in and of itself. When paired with the EXO Labs Camera (ELC), this vintage instrument went from old-school analog to [...]

Vintage Inverted Microscope

May 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Microscopes  and telescopes are amazing devices because they can “transport” us to other worlds at the speed of light. This is why we constantly scour [...]

Sugru Update

May 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Fixing things is one of the many uses for the magical material that is Sugru; making things better or more useful are the others. We were clued into the stuff a few years [...]

Boxster Project: Hardtop Fix

April 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

We usually wait until May to take off the hardtop and the snow tires. However, when the temperature hit 70º a few weeks ago, we decided it was pretty safe to get the car [...]

EXO Labs: Camera Stand

April 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

We  don’t collect rocks, but we do have a large rock collection, and a rather well-organized one at that. Here are  some of the boxes from the collection. They are [...]

Potting Bench Assembly

March 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

With the Nor’easter over and Spring on its way, the RainyDayGarden folks thought they would celebrate by putting together the Gardener’s Supply Company potting [...]
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