Electronics
LED Lighting and Lighting Effects For Original Kitchen Area
The old kitchen is pretty funky now. But the floor needs redone. DIRK!
This is my research into LED lighting for my home remodeling projects. There is large variety of LED forms on the market. Out of all the stuff below I chose an LED with color ring that I found on ebay.
Ebay: White RGB Dual Color LED Light LED Ceiling Recessed Panel Downlight
Computing
Trying to change time zone in Windows 7 and the clock software freezes
I moved time zones and I could not change time zones because the software would freeze. Naturally I assumed it was more Microsoft quirks. However I was finally able to get it to take the change in time zone by going to the INTERNET TIME tab, clicking on the CHANGE SETTING button and unchecking the SYNCHRONIZE WITH AN INTERNET TIME SERVER box.
Mechanics
U Haul Trailer Hitch Design
Moved my mini storage contents back to Ohio. That was some work.
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Specifications & Measurements
- Hitch ball size: 1 7/8 or 2 inch ball.
- Maximum hitch height is specified as 25 inches
- Measured natural height of trailer hitch ball receiver: 19 inches ground to bottom ( stopped by a U Haul to get this number. It applies to the hitch seen in the diagram above. Simpler version without auto safety break will be slightly lower.
- Height of the top of the square of my hitch receiver is: 14.5 inches
A rise of about 3 inches would put the hitch at the natural height. Will use the bigger ball.
Research Links
Mechanics
How to Paint an Interior Wall
Most of the work of painting is surface preparation.
Research Links
- How to paint an interior wall – with good surface prep information
- Google: how to prepare wall surface for painting
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3D Scanning
Here I will collect 3d scanning solution notes.
Research Links
- Kinect
- KScan3d – free version available
- Google: kinect 3d capture software
- Skanect
- Google: Structure Sensor
- Structure.IO
The Kinect hardware is cheap if you can get it to do the function. Skanect is about 300 USD.