Geekend Report

Kind of a quiet week at work. In between thumb twiddles I've been working on restoring an old video. I've started and restarted several times. Very time consuming. I'm trying to come up with a routine to follow to clean-up old movies. Previously I was hand editing individual frames and getting excellent results. But it is very tedious to say the least.

Over the last couple of weeks I've been playing with a VirtualDub filter that is supposed to remove spots but I think it does more damage than good in some cases. It it probably be a mixture of techniques that finally works.

Sunk another fence post in the backyard today. It's close to the mulberry tree so I was wondering about roots...not too bad as it turned out. I'm running out of materials so the fence may go on hold for a while. I still have a couple of panels I can canabalize for some custom panels I need to make. So I'm not without things to do.

The plants seem to be going crazy this year. This is pretty cool. I still haven't decided where everything is going but they seem happy just to be in bigger pots for now.

The rototiller is another project. It's one of those you can't let it set forever things. I have it running and it sounds really good....but it dies after a few minutes under a load. I may have to pull the carb and take off of it to see what gives with that. It may also be a govenor problem but more likely fuel issues. I need to get it working to prep the lawn area again.

Never Ends!

Also today I started getting ready to sell one of my DVD's. Printed the disc and DVD jacket covers, burned the discs and popped them in heatshrink bags.  The hair dryer won't shrink the bags so I need to get a real heatgun this week maybe. Then I have a finished product to sell. Made one for me and 10 to sell...what a job that is.

Hope everybody is ok!

2 responses
If your rototiller is anything like my lawnmower, the carburetor probably needs to be cleaned out. Apparently "cheap fuel" and "lawnmowers" don't get along very well.
Your probably right. I paid a small engine place last year to go through it and it ran ok last season. Not sure how well he did. I always uses premium on the lawnmower and outboards and stuff. I really hate yanking a rope. The motor is pretty old though and I probably should use some sort of additive to fool it into thinking it's leaded fuel.