This is a place for my randomness. You’ll find links, bloggish entries, found web gems in varying formats, and perhaps too much personal information for someone who is very aware of how silly it is to share too much personal information online. cws1 at hotmail.com if you need to tell me something, otherwise, enjoy! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-6857233-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @carls)http://tumblr.c4rl.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4lic0Q6eM1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I don’t normally share this stuff, cuz I’m a dude, but look at my rose bush!</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23749873287http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23749873287Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cm7boC191qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/> First pic of the frame.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cm7boC191qz9rweo2_500.jpg"/><br/> The door gets installed. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cm7boC191qz9rweo3_500.jpg"/><br/> The door closed from the top. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cm7boC191qz9rweo4_500.jpg"/><br/> The door closed from the bottom. <br/><br/> <p>So my office has been quite an enigma since I bought my house. Originally, in 2002-2003 I noticed that it got really hot in the summer but was always a nice temp in the winter. Fortunately I had a roommate move in who I let use the office for his office. I then forgot about it for the good part of 7 years. He moved out about 16 months ago and I reclaimed the space for my office. I worked on it in early winter painting, changing blinds, fixing wiring issues and a host of other stuff that would preclude me from putting all of my computer/networking equipment in there. The winter resulted in a nice temp most of the time but the summer of 2011 was hot. I tried vent fans, verifying AC ventilation, and a small list of potential fixes. The summer passed and I never found a real fix but winter solved it naturally.</p> <p>It’s hot again! So I installed a new fancy 30” fan/light with the guru guidance of my dad. It seemed to help quite a bit. Until earlier this week when it started to warm up even more. Then yesterday and today hit. It was 80+ yesterday and 90+ today and my office was a sweltering 85 today. That’s not a good temp for my computer equipment let alone my comfort working in there. I had the foresight to acquire a infrared heat camera and I was able to SEE the issue. It wasn’t the ventilation system, nor the windows or lack of wall insulation. It was the drop-down attic door!! In the 3 other upper corners of my office it was 83 on the day of testing and immediately under the door it was 89 with a few edges registering at 90+.</p> <p>Today I fixed the issue (or so I hope) with a $15 Home Depot trip. I bought a 4x8 R5.0 (1”) styrofoam insulation board and built a second door into the drop-down door frame and duct taped the @#$& out of it. Now I just need to wait for the next hot day and do some more testing.</p> <p>I might also tweak it a bit and build a latch system to create a better seal, however the fact that the frame extends about 6” above the floor it might not be an issue. We’ll see.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23453060029http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23453060029Sun, 20 May 2012 21:16:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zk74f3nK1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Third tire this year. Ouch. At least I’m only 5 miles from home.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23005714322http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/23005714322Sun, 13 May 2012 20:01:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3w0jneqVV1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Bowling Green Hot Rods are classy. Yep, she’s in high school.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22876471840http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22876471840Fri, 11 May 2012 22:06:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vvprceTW1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s gonna be a good day.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22869873963http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22869873963Fri, 11 May 2012 20:21:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vgk37fjJ1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My BORING day at work. Vmware, cisco mesh networking, aerpscout and nature.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22851054662http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22851054662Fri, 11 May 2012 14:53:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3j3rvfRXw1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My greatest kludge so far. Broken laptop power switch fixed with a 25 y/o<br/> toggle switch.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22422379737http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22422379737Fri, 04 May 2012 22:47:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3in7oAv3E1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Max insists on wearing his seatbelt in the subaru.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22399267146http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22399267146Fri, 04 May 2012 16:50:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3h1giiTNw1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We got hailed like a taxi.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22350822594http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/22350822594Thu, 03 May 2012 20:02:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2k4rvKKHh1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First 5k of the year, nothing like talking too fast for the State News; “mud triathlons.” <a href="http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/04/runners_splashed_with_paint_to_benefit_charity"><a href="http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/04/runners_splashed_with_paint_to_benefit_charity">http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/04/runners_splashed_with_paint_to_benefit_charity</a></a></p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/21199161328http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/21199161328Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:33:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fpolu0Nf1qz9rweo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Very interesting info on Taxes and Tax law.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/21038744353http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/21038744353Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:17:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2daei7dDz1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It appears they caught me. I’ve been calling the Russian Mob. Thankfully they only charge ~$2.75 a minute.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20961553304http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20961553304Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:51:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20wxa9Qia1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good day gets better!</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20543326411http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20543326411Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:29:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20gl9aaTK1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m excited to finally have my team uniform!</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20527085335http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20527085335Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:36:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k90rk0R41qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My win for the day.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20021972696http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/20021972696Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:31:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15sex3wzg1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Max’s new favorite spot in the house where he can see out the big window.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/19602950653http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/19602950653Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:06:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0yaq8UoAf1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>That makes 85 in 3 days. My record is 112 in a week. Gonna be a good season.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/19369618292http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/19369618292Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:01:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a1qldrth1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rainbow over Lansing. Did I stop or was I driving? My new phone’s camera is awesome.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18622180598http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18622180598Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:49:17 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04be5Siin1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At least I got to vote for Ron Paul once this year.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18447087623http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18447087623Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:27:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv8tac7EK1qz9rweo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smartest dog ever: he’s been sick and while I was at work he puked. IN THE<br/> TOILET.</p>http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18148022407http://tumblr.c4rl.com/post/18148022407Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:53:34 -0500