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During a storm, I had branches broken of. The size of them were like a normal tree, so why wouldn’t I use that wood in another way.On YouTube I did see somebody who was very experienced with his chainsaw and made wooden cabins in a blink of an eye.One of the other things he did, … Read more
If you want to lower the level of your 1+ acre pond and you want to have an overflow that can lower your water level very fast, think of the siphon principle. With a siphon the flow is about 5-8 liter (about 2 gallon) PER SECOND. When we bought our current house, it came with … Read more
After three long years, I finally received my Green card. It was a long ride, but the award is outstanding. Of course, it is not just: Filing some paperwork, waiting a couple of months, and that is it. In my case, a lot of people were preparing my application. In January 2020, I moved from … Read more
One of the nice features of the Garmin Fenix 6X is the ability to listen to music without your phone. There is enough room to put a lot of music on it and listen to it via a Bluetooth headset or earbuds.I like running with music in the background. The playlists I am using are … Read more
I was delighted with my Garmin Fenix 5. There was not much I was missing. When there was a Dexcom G6 widget, I wanted to have it on my Fenix 5, and this feature wasn’t available. I had to look for another solution.For a couple of days, I had the Garmin Venu 2, but I … Read more
When I was creating video’s with the Lightboard of some other normal video’s, somebody noticed something strange. It was a distortion of my hand in the video. After a half a day googling about it, here is what I found: What is perspective distortion? When we see object, on our mind they are in perspective. … Read more
When I was living in the Netherlands, I used the FreeStyle Libre as Constant Glucose Monitor (CGM). In the USA this is not covered by my health insurance and I had to try the Dexcom G6. When I was out of my FreeStyle Libre, I went to my pharmacy and I received a packet for … Read more
With my action cam I am creating some video’s. When I want to upload them with web.whatsapp.com it is not possible due to a 64 Mb file size limitation. There are a lot of programs you can buy or even you can compress the video online. (Some with watermark, time limitation and other limitations. Compress … Read more
Due to the weather in California, for me it was obvious to look for a convertible car. It’s not that I needed a car right away, because I commute every day on my electrical scooter. Even groceries and going somewhere with the scooter is easy to do. Shelby In 2014 my son and I … Read more
Once a year a part of the Netherlands (mostly south) is totally out of business for a couple of days. You can’t reach anybody, shops are closed. Where is everybody and what are they doing ? This year I had to skip Carnaval. And next year I will be there because Carnaval 2021 starts at … Read more