Archive for August, 2006

Computer Troubles!

Well, once again, you might have noticed that I haven’t really had time to update my blog for a while– but I do have an interesting story to tell ya.

It all started when I tried to add a USB cable to my CVS-Cam for downloading the videos from the camera.
I had wanted to attach this camera to a kite or a tethered balloon to get some aerial photography, but it all went horribly awry.

[7:30 AM]
Okay, so I’ve just gotten up from a good night’s rest, and I thought that I’d try my aerial camera today, but I first need to make a cable for my camera…
After some Google-ing, I found this link on Make:Blog which detailed how to build a cable for the CVS Camera, and all I needed to do was to find a cable somewhere that I could use.

[8:00 AM]
After scouring my room for a cable that would work for this project, I found nothing to my liking. I then set search for an old USB cable that I could cut up and dissect to use for the camera… and 3 minutes later I had found the perfect match.

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