Arte De Timo

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  • Making boxes… Sixteen, as part of a closet organizing project. You’ll see.

  • Want to Play Games

    Think this offer is still good? Cause I want to play games.

  • Game table build

    Claro Walnut, 40in frame with felt covered 1/4 ply top. There will be no legs on it; we’ll be putting it on top of a coffee table.Tolerances are about a 1/16th of an inch. PU finish and top mounting hardware to come.

  • DIY DVD-R Spectroscope – Looking at lights with a camera

    Over the last couple of years, I have had the fortune and curse of shooting with a lot of different lighting gear, and in a range of situations for both video and still photography. This range of experiences has improved my instinct for the quality of light in front of me. I have used everything…

  • Little House Viozinho – Tasting

    After months of trying not to think about my wine, which was easy, really, because I have been so busy, I just couldn’t wait any longer. I took a bottle over to Sarah’s house (Of Eat Grow Think) and we drank it over a great home cooked meal. It was really good, though, as Sarah…

  • My first VIntage – Little House Viozinho

    I know its pretentious to name the first and only five bottles of my ultra-micro-batch wine, particularly when I’m not releasing it to anyone, nor is it likely to be good, but I am doing it anyway. “Vintage” also assumes some sort of tradition or wine knowledge where I have control of the process beyond…

  • A good Pair of Hand Shears

    My family and I almost always go to the De Anza flea market each month. We usually don’t buy anything, but there is always lots of great stuff to look at, and occasionally we do find things (My son always finds a carito, though.) Over the summer, I happened to stumble upon this pair of…

  • Avocado Picking

    Here are some pics from my wife, taken wile I was picking the first wave of Fuerte avocados off the tree. I didn’t even have to move the ladder to get 20 pounds worth. For reference, I am on a ten foot ladder with a twenty foot picker, and in this position could only go…

  • Bumper Avocado Crop

    Last year was a weird weather year around here. If you live in Califa you may have noticed it, too. Everything seemed to run about a month behind, and was fairly mild. My apples didn’t like it, nor my tomatoes. My grapes, plums, oranges, and nisperos, all loved the extra month of mild weather, and…

  • An interesting Phone call

    I just sold my sister-in-law’s camera on EBay yesterday, and today I got an interesting phone call about it. Since I am a photographer, my sister-in-law figured I would be able to describe the camera and answer questions better, and hence sell it for more. If you have sold stuff on the that auction site,…

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