Resurrection from the Dead.

If you recall around 6 plus months ago I had inadvertently dropped the GoPro Hero 3 camera into a tote of laundry and lots and lots of water. In the split second thereafter, it was snatched up, with my cursing, then fell silent. The camera was dead. $400 was no more.

That was last winter. As you can imagine, I was reluctant to dig into expensive electronics. It took months of writing it off until it came back up. Over the last couple days, I gave the GoPro to a friend to take apart. He noticed a bit of dried soap and corrosion inside. However, due to not having small enough Torx tools to open it further up, he had to stop. Luckily I had a T4 small enough. 

Removed all the ribbon cords. The lens. The printed circuit boards. Everything. Q-tip in hand, off I went. So much green copper corrosion on the terminals and powdery dried soap.

In the end, it was put back together as it came apart. Then plugged into the computer to charge the battery. After 15 minutes, the LCD screen beeped on. There she was. A Lazarus coming back to say hello!

:) Oh, happy day was yesterday!

Now I can return to getting better at making vlogs. Chronicling my journey over the years. Hopefully even some Plant growth Time-lapsing.

Hope all is well with you!

- Cloud

Video # 51 - Flashback - REI Tent Life Aug 2013

Holy Moly.... Last night was cold!

What started out as a pleasant day to build a fence on the 11th. Suddenly, the 12th comes by (ok. ok. So it came its normal 24 hrs later. : P ) and drops the temperature 30 degrees.  Most of the day was hovering around 45F/7C. Evening was barely above freezing. Woke up this morning, checked the thermometer, states that last night low was 26F/-3C. Yuck. We managed to get our first snow about two weeks earlier than last year. This year was the 10th. Last year was the 22nd.

Happily today is much warmer. Plenty of sun shine to charge the batteries. (Used quite a bit of their capacity last night with the space heater. I'm holding off as long as possible with starting a first fire for the year. ) Should get up to 70 or so.

Took yesterday off. I wasn't feeling building a fence with such temps and overcast. Project for today involves painting the bottom 2ft worth of the cedar 6x6 posts that will be buried in the ground. Preventing a bit of rot over the long run. They are cedar, so should fair well already, but doesn't hurt to give it a boost. If I had access to a bit of Roof Tar, I would use that, but at the moment, on hand it is a 5 gallon pale of thick Behr paint. Angle cut the tops of the posts to shed water. Square. Plumb. Get the heights all leveled out amongst themselves. Then attach the 2x8 cedar boards at either 3 or 4 ft between each post.

Here is a video of what I managed to accomplish on the 10th :

These are my Amish lifting suspenders. I bench Amish in them.