by LeeVaris | Dec 27, 2010 | Personal Journey
No… I’m not talking about stock photography! Now that we are in the “count down to New Year” phase it is time to really evaluate what has worked and what could work better. You’ll notice that I did not say “what hasn’t...
by LeeVaris | Dec 19, 2010 | Personal Journey
Sitting here in my Technopod, my creative cocoon, I wish you all the best season of short days and long nights! We’ve turned the corner and the days are growing longer even if they are filled with rain here in southern California! All this rain reminded me of a...
by LeeVaris | Dec 17, 2010 | Personal Journey
The Saga Continues… Well… I finally recovered from a hectic Death Valley trip in the Technopod. You can see the basic setup in the photo above. I use the portable solar panel at the left to keep the deep cycle battery topped off though I didn’t have...
by LeeVaris | Nov 29, 2010 | Personal Journey
Blog Post 2010-11-29 from Lee Varis on Vimeo. Well now… I’ve been configuring and testing my “Technopod” now for a while and I’m getting nearer to my first stress test excursion to Death Valley Dec. 10th… I’ll be writing about...
by LeeVaris | Oct 11, 2010 | Personal Journey
I just returned from my first Technopod adventure! The maiden voyage occurred at the Great Western War, an annual SCA event near Bakersfield. The SCA is the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international group of Medieval re-enactors who get together to re-create...
by LeeVaris | Sep 8, 2010 | Personal Journey
This past Labor Day weekend found me on the road to New Mexico to pick up my new custom teardrop trailer. My idea is to trick out this tiny micro-trailer into a self contained living/workspace with a solar powered computer setup, bed and kitchen. Well… off I...