Saturday, August 24, 2013

SkyMotion Provides Minute-By-Minute Precipitation Forecasts

SkyMotion Provides Minute-By-Minute Precipitation Forecasts

iPhone/Android/Windows Phone 8/Web: A lot of weather forecasts will tell you whether it's going to rain in your city on any given day, but SkyMotion narrows the forecast down to the minute, and down to your block.

If this sounds familiar, it's because it shares a few similarities to previously mentioned Dark Sky, but SkyMotion is cross-platform and free. The interface and feature set varies slightly on each platform, but no matter which app you're using, you'll be able to get current conditions and minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts targeted to a single square kilometer. On iOS, you can also report your current conditions to help improve SkyMotion's accuracy over time.

For general weather information, I still prefer Check The Weather's easy-to-read interface and WeatherBug's exhaustive feature set, but when I want to know if it's going to rain during my lunch break, SkyMotion is a perfect companion app.

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Make a pair of segmented wood earrings


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Jalapeno poppers

IMG_2259.JPGWow, these are tasty! It's a production to put them together, but I think you'll see that they're worth the trouble. Have a look.

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Pond Shade from Salvaged Materials

0.722912001449177920130607_180001.jpgI have a small pond made from a 280 gallon stock watering tank. It receives full sun all day, and, with roughly 10 goldfish and koi, is highly susceptible to string algae, despite weekly cleanings and a homemade filter for the pump. Having built a pond pergola for our 1800 gallon pond in the back, we had some scrap lattice laying around, so I decided to try my hand at a fewer, small scale projects, like my Potato Raised Bed, and this pond shade. 

Why build a pond shade? It cuts down on water loss from evaporation, gives your more sensitive bog plants some relief from sun exposure, and adds a conversational piece to your garden. 

0.792452826275005820130607_181149.jpgI'm a lazy builder/crafter. I tend to build projects around what I have on hand, and save hardware from everything I scrap. In this project, I used two wooden fence rails, an old rake handle about 49" long, leftover lattice, a solar shade a friend had pulled off his 70's double wide trailer, four L brackets, a pallet board cut to the width of the lattice, and lots of various sized screws and staples. 

For my tools, I used my 18v wireless Ryobi drill, circular saw, zip saw (not pictured), stapler, and clamps, scissors.


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Find and Replace Searches For, Replaces Text in Multiple Files at Once

Find and Replace Searches For, Replaces Text in Multiple Files at Once

Windows: Find and Replace searches multiple files on your system for a string of text and replaces it with whatever you choose. Think of it like the Find/Replace tool in your favorite text editor on steroids. The app is portable, supports regular expressions, case sensitive searching, and it's free.

If you're not interested in replacing text, you can just use "Find" to do a whole-system search for a string of text. For example, if you know you wrote a document about eucalyptus at some point but you have no idea where on your system it is or how deeply buried in the document your comments were, Find and Replace can find it—whether you're on your computer or a work machine where you may not be able to install something like a desktop search tool.

The app is also capable of finding and replacing multi-line text, recursing directories, and even sports command line options so you can include it in batch files or just run it from the command line. Hit the link below to download it, check out the source code, or see all of its features in action.

fnr.exe - Find and Replace Tool | Codeplex


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Instant Ice - How to Waterbend In Real Life

47. Instant Ice Experiment instructables.jpgPour a glass of water and watch it turn to ice instantly! This step-by-step tutorial will show you everything you need to know about Instant Ice.

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