Archive for December, 2010

Merry Christmas… a bit late.

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

I took a hiatus from internet from Christmas Eve until Tuesday morning. It was awesome. I was in Ohio at my parents, so I didn’t get anything done on the kitchen island. So, here’s an update. I have the granite top. It’s on top of the wood stack in the garage, and it easily takes [...]

Shellacked!

Monday, December 20th, 2010

The entire kitchen island has been shellacked. There’s a 2lb cut of garnet covering and sealing all the boiled linseed oil. I have a little wet-sanding and touch-up work to do, but by and large, we’re in -good- shape. I should be working through the wipe-on polyurethane coats by new-year. I have no idea how [...]

New camera – Panasonic Lumix GF-1

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

So, the GF2 has been announced. Pre-release versions are out for demo, and the GF1 has had a price slash. Plus, it comes with the lens I really wanted — the 20mm f1.7. Since it’s a micro 4/3rds camera. In other words, a DSLR quality camera in a (large by todays standards) point n’ shoot [...]