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Makers Faire: Somerville MA

October 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts was turned into a DIYer/makers playground this past weekend. Artisan’s Asylum hosted a gathering for artists of all types so [...]

BirdCam Pro FirstUse

October 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

We set up the new BirdCam Pros this week, invited our Blue Jay friends to stop by, and ran through some of the camera’s features to get a better feel for how they [...]

BirdCam Pro FirstLook

September 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

The Audubon BirdCam has made it easy to get snaps of visitors to the bird feeders in the RainyDayGarden. Wingscapes, the maker of the BirdCam, released an update to that [...]

BirdCam Accessories

September 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

We have been having a lot of fun with the Audubon BirdCams. The one we set up on a TrekPod on the second floor has been capturing some very candid pics of visitors to the [...]

Remote Triggers Preview

August 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

The  Audubon Birdcam got us thinking about different ways to remotely trigger (IR, wireless, cable) cameras (cellphone, webcam, DSLR, point-n-shoot). After thinking [...]

BlackVue DashCam FirstUse

July 29, 2013 // 0 Comments

After a month of use we thought it was time to share some of our impressions on the BlackVue dashcam hardware and software. The short version is, if you are in the market [...]

BlackVue DashCam Installation

June 28, 2013 // 0 Comments

Earlier in the week we posted a FirstLook at a cool little video camera called the BlackVue DR500GW-HD. The BlackVue is a new class of video camera designed specifically [...]

BlackVue Dashcam FirstLook

June 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

It is a fact that cameras are everywhere these days. Some see it as a good thing, others consider it problematic and an invasion of privacy. However, there is no denying [...]

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Update

June 17, 2013 // 0 Comments

We received some oyster mushroom growing kits from Back To The Root at the beginning of the year. Initially, we ran into some issues getting the mushrooms to grow. The [...]

Tiny Terrariums

June 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

There is nothing like a few days of steady rain to give us some space to think up new DIY projects, such as homemade terrariums. We came up with a 10-minute RainyDayProject [...]
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