If you know me, you know that we take a lot of pictures. You’ll also likely have heard me say something along the lines of “There will be a whole generation of kids who grows up and as adults have no photos of themselves when they were young.” Or something like “There are only two [...]
Well, I finally did it. I’ve been thinking about it since I first read about the service in 2006, but I finally did it. I gathered up all our film negatives, 35mm, 110, 127, 135, even a roll of APS and sent them all to ScanCafe.com. They will then scan our negatives, color correct, descratch, [...]
Wesley checked out a new DVD from the library last week: Smithsonian Networks Kids! Critter Quest. In one of the episodes of this nature show for kids, the host builds a small deadfall trap in his backyard to catch nocturnal insects. In the show they catch 3 beetles and then held beetle races. Wesley thought [...]
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I made my first pop bottle launcher maybe 12 or 13 years ago with my dad. I used it to launch hundreds of 2-liter bottles with kids from Best SELF, Together For Youth, ARIS and of course just for the fun of it. As far as I know the original launcher is still in my [...]