Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The missing cataracts

I had cataract surgery on my right eye this morning. I had the left eye done 2 weeks ago. Last week I did a simple experiment; I closed my right eye then looked at a white wall with my left eye. The wall was a bright white, but when I closed my left eye and looked at the wall with my right eye, the wall was noticeably darker and had a brown tint to it. I'll repeat the experiment next week once my right eye has healed.

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Photo art

Have a seat.

Above edited with Affinity Photo

High dynamic range (HDR) image built from 5 photos.

Friday, October 13, 2023

Make something

I just want to make something but I don't know what, so I'll just play with Affinity Designer 2,2 and see what happens.

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Ham radio amateur television


I was successful at transmitting/receiving ham radio television over the Boulder Colorado amateur television (ATV) repeater.
The Boulder Amateur TV Club (BATVC)

DVB-T, ham, radio, amateur, television, Boulder, KB0AMJ, W0BTV, KH6HTV

Sunday, August 13, 2023

I made a video about a rock.

This is a rock called Biotite granite. It is a medium-grained, all crystalline rock with pink feldspar, gray quartz, and specks of black biotite - a type of mica found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Biotite mica is a composition of annite, phlogopite, siderophyllite, fluorophlogopite, fluorannite, eastonite, and many others.

Biotite is a rock-forming mineral found in a wide range of crystalline igneous rocks such as granite, diorite, gabbro, peridotite, and pegmatite.

Biotite has limited commercial use but may be as a filler in paints and drilling mud or as a non-stick coating on shingles.