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Here are three shots taken on Christmas Eve.  The first is a quick six second exposure, and the second and third are about ten minutes a piece. I would of liked to snap a few more long exposures but the cold weather zapped my battery.

These were taken on the morning of boxing day of Christmas 2009. I rode our snowmobile out just before sunrise to a nice hill in a field by my grandparents farm, set up my camera on a tripod, and waited for the sun to peak over the horizon. These shots cost me my tripod, it was about -25 that morning and the little plastic pieces were not the least bit happy to be outside in that weather. Perhaps I can still fix it though…

This was a project that I had started before Christmas with the intention of it being a Christmas present for a special someone, but alas I have yet to finish! Since I am back at school again I have some nice blocks of dead space between classes which I figure is a perfect time to make some posts about the process that I am going through to build this stringed instrument.

Note: Take everything I do while making this with a grain of salt, I have never done this before and am making up many things as I go along. This is definitely a learning process for me.

For the neck of the banjolele I went with a strip of red oak sandwiched between two pieces of maple. After these were glued together and allowed to dry I attached a template of the side profile of the neck.

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This Pi may not be as appetizing as a piece of pie, but it makes up for it by granting access to tightly sealed glass bottles that can be found at all the popular math parties.

Made out of 3/8th inch aluminium with a small loop to be attached to a key chain.