Projects

Here's some random projects I've worked on, past and present. You might pick up on a trend here... many of them are kind of geeky. Well... What can I say? ;-)

Current...

This website? Sure, it counts. It was fun getting the HTML here out of the late '90s and into the 21st century, using CSS rather than table-based content layout. (Website design sure has changed since I made my first web page back in 1995!)
Squirrels Go Like This, a blog my wife and I write about our current projects. It's supposed to be a little bit of everything, but for me ends up being mostly photography related. This is probably the best place to find up-to-date stuff about me these days.
Did I mention photography? Oh yes I did! See my Photo page for more on that...
Our friends Scotty and Marisa have an Internet cooking show called Fork You!, Food with Philadelphia Charm. Angie and I have been their loyal crew for roughly two years now, doing video, lighting and whatever else is needed behind the scenes while they go. It's been a ton of fun, and taken us to some very interesting places.
Gardening, believe it or not... Though we live in the city and don't have a back yard or anything, we do have a garden plot in The Spring Gardens, a local community garden not so far from our home. Angie is definitely "management", while I am "labor" at this enterprise, but it's relaxing, rewarding and has been a great resource for finding out what's going on in our immediate community.
Goofing around with computers and writing software. (This is just sort of ongoing little projects here and there at home: a perl script here; a little Java application there...)

Past...

The Wurlitzer -- AKA "Thad's Organ", this was a early 1970s vintage electronic church-style console organ. Definitely a "project" since it was broken when I first found it; I fixed it myself. Here's some info and pictures of the restoration work.
The Bass Lamp -- Once a wrecked beyond repair old double bass; now a stylish floor lamp in my home. Though others may beg to differ on the "stylish" part. Here's some info on the project.
Model train display shelf
Protective cover for a desk so it can be used as a work bench
Condo Repair! -- My last condo's bathroom wasn't in the best shape when I first moved in. Leaky tile in the shower stall, worn out mirror, bad paint, trouble with the tub drain, broken folding doors... lucky for you, I'm not bored enough to put pictures up of this. But it was fun to work on. :)
Man, all kinds of other stuff, are you kidding me? I wouldn't have time to do anything new if all I did was document my old projects! ;-)

Pie in the Sky...

I've got a million interesting ideas, large and small, waiting to be implemented if I only had the time and money. Boredom is for boring people! There's just way too much out there that's interesting to do. Here's a small sampling of my more outlandish ideas. What do you think?

I'd like to build a pipe organ. Originally, the Wurlizer console organ was going to be the basis for this project, since one of the most complex and expensive parts of a pipe organ is its console. But due to space concerns, I had to give the Wurlitzer away. That brings me back to square one on that project. Have you done this? If so, please email me!
More wacky ideas to go here later...