Tag: Small YouTuber

Doing a little recording

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I am working on a recording a few songs and clips – mostly for background music on my own YouTube vids. It is going OK as I feel that I am set up pretty well – I have Apple Logic Pro X and Garage Band, a focite audio interface, 3 mics, a couple of amps, and 7-8 instruments that I can sort of get by on.  I have no delusions of even adequacy as a musician, but recording the songs has made me take a few momentary flight of fantasy: What if I were a recording artist…….

 

Artist name:  Snugnutz, which is double entendre that references my life as a working enginerd AND is mildly, yet socially acceptable, provocative.  It will always be displayed in a proper Tag Font.

 

Genre: I will call it thrash hillbilly trance EDM nerdcore. With a focus on clog dancing goths in any and all supporting music video projects. 

 

Album titles:

  1. Yes, there IS rum in my coffee cup
  2. Don’t Tell my Wife about the New Motorcycle
  3. Just Nerdy Enough
  4. You can do anything you want on your last muther fuckin’ day! 

 Possible song titles:

Torqued

Bottomed out

Mitutoyo

Pipe Threadin’

Huffin’ Sawdust

Reamed

Splinters Suck

Tailings

Higher than Elon 

No Capes!

Simple Math

Comic Books and Hand Lotion

Strap Wrench

Not Safety Glasses

Tap Magic

Donut Fridays

Medium Shop Pimpn’

Lathe Loving

My Mom Says I Am Smart

Locktight

Moonshine Bubbles

Tail Stock

6061 HRc60

Thread Cutter

DRO

OG Anvil Rebound

Gots Both My Thumbs

Friction Weld

Jeeps and Mudholes

Tight Collet

Arcade SME

Dust Co-lector

 

Update on the Bee Hive in our yard

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These are the weirdest bees…

The hive is in full south facing sun all day and protected from wind. They took 6 weeks to draw out the 2-3 new frames in a 10-frame super even with me feeding syrup and when I put the second super on in July not a single frame has been drawn out, even with two lower frames put up top. The frames have plastic foundation, so maybe they hate it. No burr comb either. Weird.They are super protective – not African-ized, but pretty damn mean.  I wrote the keeper that I got the nuc from and he sent me a note in return saying that this is “normal behavior” for his survivor bees.  It is not a lack of resources or the queen: she is a brood making machine with very few drone cells. They are just kind of mean.

After three months I should have 20 frames covered with drawn comb, pollen, brood, honey, the works.  I didn’t think I would pull any honey from them this year and planned to get them strong for a spring split in 2019. The no honey thing was a correct estimation, but not just for me, there is very little honey or pollen in the hive – maybe a frame and a half a frame of capped honey the rest is currently uncapped and capped brood.   Instead of 20+ drawn frames, I have 9.5. It is like they did not have enough pollen or nectar, which is no where near the case:  They were all over the blackberries, our 40’ of lavender, flower garden, and 70+ sunflowers,  so I know they had plenty of the flow this year.  I am going to have to feed them with fondant over winter and am condensing the hive into a single super for winter.
The source of the original nuc doesn’t treat at all, so I am finding that they have a pretty high mite count with some wing deformation (DWV?).  No AFB or chalk brood though. No robbing or ant issues.  The aggression and the possible DWV may be linked and may be the issue with comb drawing and honey production.
There is a hive of Italians right next to the new bees that was an early spring package. Same type of frames and two westerns of honey were taken off them, though am not happy with mite count and will definitely treat them as well over winter.  I blame the new bees for the high mite count this year.
I think that I will see how the new hive does come spring with the Apivar, beetle treatment, and all-winter feeding.  If they haven’t calmed down or if they show any sign of weakness, that hive will be getting a new certified Russian queen.
Any bee keepers out there have any thoughts or comments?

Film Friday – Double Feature: Attic and Bath Remodel Status

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I spent two FULL days, with a little help from my wife, instaling the baseboard, door, skylight, stair, and window trim in the new attic space. This video includes a few tips and tricks along the way. As this will be my wife’s studio space, she put in some sweat equity filling nail holes, doing a little sanding, and she chose the paint scheme. I will be painting next and will document that whole process as well.

This is Part 1 of our basement bathroom build/finish. We decided to add a basement bathroom when we replumbed the house a couple of years ago. 6 months of chaos insued and we took a two year break before diving back into the bathroom build. This time has been SO much better. We went with white subway tile for the walls, black and while hex tiles for the floor, and charcoal grout. The next step is trim, paint and fixture install.

Jeep Re-Build Update Video

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I got the Jeep back from paint months ago and it has been sitting on the lift in the garage – letting the paint cure as we have had work done at the house (Attic and Basement). I am not 100% happy with the paint, but that is another video. I have been collecting small cardboard boxes full of goodies since last October for the after-paint re-fit. That installation process has begun with the mounting of lights, fender flares, a new bumper, etc… I am giddy with anticipation to get it out in the Seattle summer sun.

Film Friday – 3D Printing Projects

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I have been doing some medium-serious designing, borrowing, appropriating, and just plain stealing some 3D designs and printing useful stuff this winter in between shop time, my J-O-B, building projects, and remodel projects. The video below details the printing and use of a couple of safety razor cases, SD card holders, and GoPro Session4 case.