Joshua Guthrie's Webpage http://www.westmouthbay.com Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:40:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Sous-Vide http://www.westmouthbay.com/nerd-stuff/sous-vide/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/nerd-stuff/sous-vide/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:14:42 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=81 I finally finished my Sous-Vide setup. Cooked some fork tender sirloin from Friday and into Saturday.

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Over all, I followed Scott’s design over at seattlefoodgeek.com. Great work. My design changes were:

  • Mounted the equipment in a used ammo can. I just didn’t have a warm feeling about mounting 120VAC electronics, inches above hot water. I’ve used ammo can’s for project enclosures before. I like them. Very cheap, and have that “kinda evil” look.
  • Added GFCI receptacles to the back. This allows me to use un-modified 120VAC heater elements without having to solder them everytime one burns up. It also adds a small measure of safety.
  • It also allows me to use a Crock-Pot. Which I did. Just turned the Crock-Pot on high, and let the solid-state relay blink it on and off. I made a custom immersion bath, worked great, but my wife wouldn’t let me bring it indoors. Something about being scared I’d burn the house down.
  • Added a 120 VAC 15A switch.
  • Used an aquarium pump inside the crock pot for water circulation. This helps tremendously keeping a uniform temp in the water bath.
  • Added a power entry connector (similar to those used in PC’s) to the “enclosure.”
  • Added test jacks to connect the platinum RTD, This allow a much quicker setup.
  • Made a custom lid for the Crock-Pot out of plexi-glass. Drilled holes in it for the equipment.
  • I bumped up the filtering on the PID algorithm to get rid of what appeared to be electrical noise.
  • Just had to use the night lights for indicators of when the heaters are on. I need to find one with some sort of design on it though.

    • I am so far very impressed with the unit. I was floored that one can buy an autotuning PID controller for under $40. So far, it appears to be holding the set-point temp to within +/- 0.2F or so.

    After the steaks (cooked 24 hrs), I can’t wait to try new recipes. Recommend this book.

    Included the random pictures of corn by accident and am too lazy to delete them.

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/nerd-stuff/sous-vide/feed/ 0     More Cape Lookout Pictures http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/more-cape-lookout-pictures/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/more-cape-lookout-pictures/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:10:20 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=71 I’m attempting to add some more pictures of Cape Lookout that were previously on my webpage.

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    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/more-cape-lookout-pictures/feed/ 0     Harkers Island, NC to Pax River (Lexington Park), MD Time Lapse http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/harkers-island-nc-to-pax-river-lexington-park-md-time-lapse/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/harkers-island-nc-to-pax-river-lexington-park-md-time-lapse/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:46:32 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=69 Here’s the time lapse from Harkers Island, NC to Lexington Park, MD. Was a drive up for work.

    Created with a cheap webcam (moved up to a cheap HP webcam) connected to a MacBook running Gawker. The mount consisted of a wooden spoon held to the rearview mirror using a clamp and zip-ties.

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/harkers-island-nc-to-pax-river-lexington-park-md-time-lapse/feed/ 0     2010-09-02 Waves Breaking on Shackleford Banks from Harkers Island http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-09-02-waves-breaking-on-shackleford-banks-from-harkers-island/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-09-02-waves-breaking-on-shackleford-banks-from-harkers-island/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:07 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=66 I took these pictures from our roof, looking out t’words the Banks. Took the pictures around 6:15PM just before Hurricane Earl.

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    Full size versions are on flickr.com

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-09-02-waves-breaking-on-shackleford-banks-from-harkers-island/feed/ 0     2010-05-06 Time Lapse of Sunset at Shell Point http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-05-06-time-lapse-of-sunset-at-shell-point/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-05-06-time-lapse-of-sunset-at-shell-point/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 00:46:31 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=64

    Was taken with a Canon Digital Rebel with a programmable trigger, mounted on a tripod. Individual frames then combined in Quicktime.

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-05-06-time-lapse-of-sunset-at-shell-point/feed/ 0     2010-04-21 Armecia Lewis Cemetery http://www.westmouthbay.com/genealogy/2010-04-21-armecia-lewis-cemetery/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/genealogy/2010-04-21-armecia-lewis-cemetery/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:21:58 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=55 Pictures taken at the Armecia Lewis Cemetery, Harkers Island, NC on 4/21/20. We think these are all the memorials.

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    Link to full sized images

    Joseph Lewis
    1852-1937

    Dollie C. Guthrie
    Wife of L. W. Guthrie
    Aug. 28, 1880
    Sept 12, 1949

    Charlie H. Russell
    June 10, 1898
    May 25, 1990

    Mildred L. Russell
    Mar 11, 1907
    Apr 18, 1979

    Herman Gillikin
    Dec 5, 1922
    Jun 16, 1982

    Sarah B. Gillikin
    Jun 11, 1925
    Oct. 2, 1992

    Lorabell Lewis
    July 11, 1928
    Oct 2?, 1928

    Harriss L. Lewis
    June 17, 1921
    Oct 6, 1921

    Emma
    Wife of Harry Johnson
    Sept 8, 1904
    Sept 8, 1925

    Earl Merkley Johnson
    Oct 15, 1921
    Feb 27, 1959

    William Everett Willis
    Oct 13, 1905
    Mar 22, 1991

    Irene L. Willis
    Mar 14, 1913
    May 5, 1977

    Armecia Lewis
    Feb 4, 1878
    Jan 16, 1964

    Charlie Lewis
    Apr 10, 1882
    Dec 19, 1958

    Swindell Lawrence
    Oct 27, 1924
    July 15, 1989

    Married July 20, 1946
    Children: Patty, Rita
    Grandchildren: Angelia, Stephanie, David, Anmarie

    Evelyn Lawrence
    July 21, 1928
    Oct 27, 2007

    Guyon Lewis
    Dec 10, 1916
    Mar 4, 1999

    Married: Oct 26, 1940
    Children: Danny, Buddy, Dick, Ronnie

    Nell Lewis
    April 10, 1922
    Sept 5, 1999

    John Lewis
    Oct 13, 1928
    -

    Estelle Lewis
    July 1, 1918
    Aug 10, 1991

    Luther M. Guthrie
    Mar 7, 1921
    Oct 27, 1974
    MB2 USCG

    Children: Ted, Bobby, Craig

    Vera Gillikin Guthrie
    Aug 24, 1924
    Aug 3, 2008

    Bobby Allen Guthrie Jr.
    “Bobby Dink”
    Apr 3, 1972
    June 1, 2003

    Sharon Kay Guthrie
    April 12, 1941
    –

    Children: Rhoda Kay Gillikin
    Granddaughter: Savannah Kay Gillikin

    Rev. Jay Perry Guthrie
    Feb 14, 1936
    Nov 6, 2002

    Lettie M. Guthrie
    July 4, 1901
    June 26, 1986
    USCG May 27, 1925 as Sureman
    Ret. Aug 1, 1940 as 1st Class B/M

    Married: Jan 11, 1919
    Children: Luther M., Marion L. “Joe,” Curvis L “E.,” Charlie C. “Kurt.,” J. Perry

    Luther M. Guthrie
    Jan 8, 1893
    Sept 12, 1943

    Loren Willis
    Nov 9, 1893
    Mar 29, 1972

    Emily Willis
    Nov 27, 1858
    May 28, 1944

    Walter B. Willis
    Feb. 12, 1900
    Feb. 8, 1981

    Sadie D. Willis
    Aug 11, 1907
    May 27, 1992

    Hallis W. Lawrence
    July 18, 1928
    Aug 7, 1981
    US ARMY, Korea CWO4

    Children: Kim, Heidi

    Rose Marie Lawrence
    Mar 31, 1931
    -

    Joe Lane Lewis
    Mar. 21, 1910
    Jan 27, 1987

    Virgie R. Lewis
    Nov 7, 1909
    June 2, 1987

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/genealogy/2010-04-21-armecia-lewis-cemetery/feed/ 0     2010-02-12 Time Lapse of Snow Fall. http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-02-12-time-lapse-of-snow-fall/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-02-12-time-lapse-of-snow-fall/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:35:59 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=48

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/2010-02-12-time-lapse-of-snow-fall/feed/ 0     Lightning Pictures http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/lightning-pictures/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/lightning-pictures/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:08:58 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=41 Pictures of lightning taken at Shell Point, Harkers Island.

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    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/lightning-pictures/feed/ 0     Time Lapse video from Dayton, OH to Harkers Island NC. http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/time-lapse-video-from-dayton-oh-to-harkers-island-nc/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/time-lapse-video-from-dayton-oh-to-harkers-island-nc/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:56:05 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=28 Time lapse video taken from Dayton, Ohio to Harkers Island, North Carolina. Less than 30 mins total about 12 hours drive time. The sun rises about four minutes into the video (if the night is unbearable, fast forward 4:00). You can see it set about 15 minutes later. A whole day of driving compressed into less than 20 minutes.

    The route was out of Ohio, through West Virginia, Virginia, than through NC. A large portion of it was though the Appalachian Mountains. If you look carefully at the video you can see it starting to sleet, then snow for a period.

    Click “The Read the Rest of the Entry” to see.


    This is a video play list. When the first ends, the next will begin automatically.

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    Created with a cheap webcam (Dynex® – 1.3MP Webcam) connected to a MacBook running Gawker. Created two iterations of custom mounts. The first was created out of PVC with holes cut so the head rest of the car’s seat could pass though it. The second was a wooden spoon held to the rearview mirror using a clamp and zip-ties.

    ]]>     http://www.westmouthbay.com/pictures/time-lapse-video-from-dayton-oh-to-harkers-island-nc/feed/ 0     Nerd Paper http://www.westmouthbay.com/nerd-stuff/nerd-paper/ http://www.westmouthbay.com/nerd-stuff/nerd-paper/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:36:48 +0000 admin http://www.westmouthbay.com/?p=26 Misc. engineering paper just right for printing…

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