Midnight Cheese Blog

Amateur Radio November 09, 2012 Because I'm not already leading a completely geek-filled lifestyle between my day job and my time on Jawgrind discussing the merits of original Star Trek episodes, I decided to seal the deal and get my ham radio license.

Republic Wireless Review November 07, 2012 Now that I have a month's worth of time with Republic Wireless under my belt, I thought this would be a good point to write up a review of those first 30 days.

A quick how-to with the aprs.fi API September 11, 2012 APRS lets users share information (GPS tracks, WX info, etc.) both over the internet and over the air via amateur radio.

Old Stones River Road January 07, 2012 If you look at the Percy Priest Lake area on Google Maps you can often see old roads that lead straight into the water.

Switching From WordPress to Octopress November 03, 2011 Today marks yet another milestone for Midnight Cheese by successfully making the migration from WordPress to Octopress.

Displaying Twitter and Weather on your Arduino LCD Screen October 28, 2011 Pieced together from many different sources, the following scripts will allow you to display the Twitter public timeline, the top 20 Twitter trending topics and the current weather…

10K Apart Weather App October 04, 2011 10KWX is a responsive weather app that I submitted to this year's 10K Apart exercise.

Podcastin' with Jawgrind September 05, 2011 I had the opportunity to geek out with Trey and Stephen on the lastest episode of Jawgrind.

Seedling: A Garden Tracking App August 29, 2011 Since it's inception about a year ago, I've been working on a new project that has really been a lot of fun.

Broadcast iTunes AirPlay Tracks to Campfire Chat with TrackFire June 08, 2011 Update: TrackFire is now on GitHub for your forking pleasure.

bbbrowser: Fun with the Dribbble API June 08, 2011 Update June 2018: Dribbble no longer allows access to the "firehose" of shots via the API which means bbbrowser is no longer able to function.

Arduino, LCD and Plexiglass May 14, 2011 I've been wanting to build some type of container for my Ardiuno/LCD combination for some time.

My iPhoneTracker Map April 19, 2011 A former Apple employee has created an app called iPhoneTracker that pulls data from your iPhone backups in iTunes and then displays pretty much everywhere you've been lately.

Honda Indy Grand Prix at Barber: Photos April 09, 2011 Select photos from the Continental Tire Sports Car Series Race and the PORSCHE 250 Race (Grand-Am Rolex Series) on Saturday at the Barber Motorsports Complex in Birmingham.

Nissan Leaf Review March 25, 2011 The Nissan Leaf Drive Electric Tour stopped in Franklin this weekend at Nissan's North American headquarters.

Bulging MacBook Pro Battery February 19, 2011 Normally I swap between two different batteries when using my MacBook Pro.

Just Another Nashville Snowpocalypse February 09, 2011 It only took about 2" of snow to turn a 30 minute afternoon commute into 2, 3, 4 or more hours.

Rolex 24 Series Race at Daytona 2011 February 01, 2011 Compilation of video and still images taken at this year's Rolex Series race at Daytona.

Another Middle Tennessee Snow January 25, 2011 We ended up with 2 inches in the La Vergne area.

Tennessee Traffic Widget Version 2.0 January 16, 2011 Tennessee Traffic Widget v2.0 has been released.

Tall Snowman January 11, 2011 It was amusing catching this guy out of the corner of my eye while driving home last night.

5 Things I Learned in 2010 January 05, 2011 Lots of people seem to be doing a 2010 reflection post of some sort, so I wanted to jump in as well.

Snow Shadow December 12, 2010 A quick photo of shadows in the snow from last night's snowfall.

Lake Elsinore California November 23, 2010 I'm posting a few photos of the Lake Elsinore area from our trip to California earlier this month.

Finally Free of Comcast October 24, 2010 This past week we made our final call to Comcast.

How to Turn a Google Mini into a Home Server October 17, 2010 Turning a Google Mini into a home server is easier than you think.

Ohio Metro Buses Run Nashville MTA Routes October 14, 2010 For the last several months I kept seeing all these Ohio Metro buses running through Nashville.

Fiery Gizzard Trail September 14, 2010 Early this past spring my Dad and I spent some time on a portion of the Fiery Gizzard trail near Tracy City, TN.

Small Design Mod September 13, 2010 I've been wanting to redesign the entire site for some time, but with so many little personal projects distracting me, I've decided to let that want go for a while.

Fall Garden Sprouting September 13, 2010 Our spring and summer gardens were met with a bit of bad luck, but I think our fall garden might actually work out.

Good-Bye AT&T.

AT&T Fears a Verizon iPhone, Big Time August 26, 2010 How scared is AT&T of a Verizon iPhone?

Cucumbers & Peppers August 04, 2010 We got a late start, but this week we finally got a small harvest from our garden.

The Maine Trip (aka Jeff's Wedding) July 25, 2010 Update 7/30: Jeff got the job done.

Chihuly at Cheekwood July 22, 2010 A few photos from the Chihuly exhibit at Cheekwood last night.

Cable Modem and Router on Solar Power July 19, 2010 I had the opportunity to use a Siemens 100 watt panel[pdf] from work and build a small setup that I'm currently using to power my cable modem and wireless router at home.

Garden Update - Stunted Growth, Yellow Leaves July 17, 2010 This is our first season attempting Square Foot Gardening.

NOAA Weather/Radio Fax over Shortwave Radio July 13, 2010 While it would be a lot of fun to set up a weather satellite receiver and read signals from space, cost and time begins to become an issue.

My 16mm Short Film July 12, 2010 I took a film class at UT (about 8 years ago, now) that required us to shoot several 16mm shorts throughout the semester.

Kodak Zi8 Sample Footage June 30, 2010 I picked up a Kodak Zi8 for an upcoming road trip and have been shooting a bunch of test footage.

Weather Alert Script for your Home Server May 22, 2010 With the often active tornado season in Middle Tennessee I've been meaning to buy a weather radio.

How High is Percy Priest Lake?

Flooding in the Bordeaux Area May 05, 2010 Some coworkers and I volunteered with Hands On Nashville to help people clean-up from some of the flood damage in the Bordeaux, North Nashville area.

Historic Flooding in Middle Tennessee April 30, 2010 The flooding continues to worsen, with more rain expected on the way.

Stones River Prior to Percy Priest Lake April 27, 2010 OpenStreetMap shows the path of the Stones River prior to the building of Percy Priest Lake in the 1960s.

Candor Gallery Bringing The Hits April 27, 2010 I haven't mentioned Candor Gallery in quite some time, so I wanted to post a little update.

TrendMeme: Search and Rank the Trends April 18, 2010 On my continuing quest to learn how to code I've created a fun little application that lets you vote and rank the current Trends from Twitter.

Hooking up a Parallel LCD to Arduino March 28, 2010 A few months ago for my birthday I received an Arduino board and a small 16x2 LCD screen.

The Big 150,000 March 23, 2010 Rolled over 150,000 miles yesterday.

Square Foot Gardening March 23, 2010 This spring we've started a new gardening project using the Square Foot Gardening method.