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GoPro Camera and DIY Mounts

For my birthday several months ago, Karrie got me this new GoPro camera.  I had been looking at getting one for a while now.  It's called the GoPro Hero and the great thing is that it's light, small durable and shoots HD video.  It also takes pictures and time lapse sequences but mainly it is used for shooting HD action videos where a bigger camera just won't work.  There are several different video modes like 1080P, 720P and 60 fps (frames per second).  The 60 fps is what i've found to be my favorite.  When i play it back on the computer, the video looks the best out of all the settings.  And if i ever want to create slow motion, i can always reduce the speed in half and still have a typical 30 fps.

The camera comes in a shockproof and waterproof case.  Which means that it can go under water and places where a normal camera might get broken.  It's lightweight design also means that you can attach it to things like helmets and you aren't too weighted down with equipment.

The GoPro cameras are used by everyone from amateurs to network television shows.  You can also see that the lens is curved which gives it a 160 degree viewing angle.  It's great because you can be very close to something and still get everything in the picture.  Although there is no screen so you aren't 100% sure if they are in the shot or not.  You can buy a detachable monitor but it's expensive and not really necessary.  Plus it doesn't fit inside the clear plastic case.  

But you'll see on tv that the cameras get mounted on helmets for snow boarding, sky diving and mountain biking.  I've seen them mounted on the outside of cars during races, surfboards and anything and everything.  I plan on using it this year while skiing, tubing and behind Katie and John's new boat.  Also i want to mount it on the motorcycle, bike helmet and even take it underwater.

Here's how the camera attaches to the base.  The base and clear case are a heavy duty plastic / polycarbonate. 

This is the helmet mount, on the bottom is permanent 3M tape and it's curved to contour better to round helmets.  The bad part about this is that once the mount is attached it's permanent.  Not only is it permanently attached to whatever you stuck it to, but that also means that you can't attach it to anything else.  So i'm a little afraid to use it, but i plan on sticking it to an old bike helmet.

The GoPro Hero kit only came with those two brackets, so i decided to make some more custom ones.  I though a long while on how i could make something which would be strong and lightweight.  I didn't want the mount to break and have the camera sink to the bottom of a lake. 

Then one day i saw an old aluminum heat-sink lying around on my workbench.  I though that it wold be perfect.  I actually had a few from old computers and broken electronics.  This one was the right size and had close enough width in its fin spacing.

So after some cutting, gluing and lots and lots of metal filing i ended up with these.  I made two, one for each type of mounting direction.  That way i could minimize the wobble.  I was planning to attach one to a bike helmet and one to the handle bars.

You can kind of see that on two of the fins i had to use copper washers.  The thin washers were needed to create a tight fit with the GoPro polycarbonate case.  I used JB Weld to glue the aluminum heat-sink to the base plate. 

Also you can see the pencil marks on the base for cut-outs.  After i took this picture i went back downstairs and drilled out those openings.  That way i could attach them with straps or rivets. 

This was another mount that i decided to try and make.  It's a chest mount, that with the help of 4 straps, would go on the front chest of someone. 

The last thing i decided to make was a hand-held mount.  Just something simple that i could use to easily hold the GoPro camera around. Since it didn't come with any type of handle, i usually just leave this permanently attached to the case.

I bought a thumb screw bolt to attach it to the camera.  That way i could remove it without any tools.  Also i drilled a hole in the bolt to attach a rope wrist strap.  That way if the glue or the heat-sink fins broke i would still have the camera attached to my wrist.  If i had attached the strap to the handle and the glue broke the camera would still fall.

Here's the other side of the mount.  I also JB Welded a nut to the back side so that it was always in place.

This was actually what i used when i went to Gatlinburg Tennessee for New Years.  It was perfect for video taping the chair lift ride and even better when we went go-cart racing. 

Originally i wanted to make a steadicam mount so that there wouldn't be lots of camera shake.  But that would have made it much bigger with a heavy weight at the bottom. The video from the go-cart racing didn't turn out super smooth.  There was lots of vibration and i had to record with one hand and drive with the other.  I still haven't finished processing the video from New Years, but when i do i'll post a link to the video here.  And i still plan on making a steadicam mount but it has to be small and durable.




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Here's the link to the youtube video i shot with the GoPro Hero
Go Cart Racing in Gatlinburg Tennessee

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What Happens To Your Car Donation? | America's Car Donation ... After you donate your car, what happens to it? Your car donation could end up in all sorts of places. Maybe it will be sold at an auction, with the proceeds ... www.donateacar.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-car-donation/

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Summary of Posts: February 12th 2013 | America's Car Donation ... After hearing by chance that the Peel Health Campus's renal unit needed a new patient transfer vehicle, Steve Butler decided to donate a car to the organization. www.donateacar.com/.../summary-of-posts-february-12th-201...

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Closet shelves - part 2

About 5 months ago i built shelves in my bedroom closet. I really liked how it turned out so i decided to do the same thing in one of the other bedrooms to store all my other stuff. As you can see it was getting pretty bad.

So you want to own a house?

All winter when my furnace kicks on the water from the humidifier overflows. It drains to the sump and the pump has to turn on constantly. So yet again, on another boring weekday at home i decided to rig up this ghetto hose drain. It runs along the wall and drains to the sink. I'm almost sure it's not the correct way to solve the problem, but it seems to be working great. Oh and the white duct tape was only going to be temporary but will probably be there for years to come.

Garden - 2010

I'm almost ready for spring. I bought seeds the other day and combined with the seeds i've saved from things like soy beans from Jackson, Burger King Whopper tomatoes, and Meijer cantaloupes, i should be all set.

Here's the color coded planting layout. This year i'm planting lots and lots of sweet corn.

Mmmmmm Orange Drink

Buy it now at Kroger:
Value time - Artificially Flavored - Orange Beverage - 0% juice
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Super Bowl car crash

While merging onto I-94, on my way home from a super bowl party, a car ahead of me spun out of control, up the embankment and flipped on its roof. I was the first guy to hop out and get to the car. When i looked in the window i saw just one guy sitting right side up, which was actually the roof of the car, with a bit of blood on his head and hands. He kept saying he was fine but sounded and looked a bit drunk. The ambulance and police cars showed up really fast, within about 2 minutes. It was lucky he wasn't wearing his seat belt and got thrown to the passengers side of the car because the drivers side roof was crushed almost down to the steering wheel.

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300,000 Views - All Time

Yesterday i reached another milestone on the blog, 300,000 view all time.

Even better is that last month i had 44,000 views which was the most i've ever had in one month.  

The picture above is split into 5 different sections.  The top left is a graph showing my monthly views.  As you can see, from 2008 to 2010 i wasn't very popular.  The first year i averaged only 100 views per month then in year two i jumped up to almost 1,000.  Now i average just over 1,000 per day.

The bottom left is my most popular Posts.  The blog post i wrote about how to watch free TV online has been my most popular single page.  Also that's by far and away my biggest earnings page on Adsense. 

Hopefully things keep moving on this upwards trend.

Bamboo 2

The bamboo i transported from Kentucky and West Virginia last year is still going strong, even in the winter. I was worried that the reason it doesn't grow here in Michigan is that it's too cold. But so far they have been doing just fine. The roots are really starting to spread and by next summer i still expect my back yard to look like a Vietnamese jungle.

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Free Remote Desktop Apps - RDP Remote for Android

If you read my previous blog post Free Phone to Computer App - Google Play Android, i reviewed a new app called Phone to Computer.  I ended by saying "Lets just say the future isn't here yet." I was talking about how the program was a great idea but not a complete package.  I also said, "I do think that in the next few years we will see something like a Remote Desktop for your cell phone.  Where you will run an app on your phone and you will see exactly what's on your computer screen at home."

Well that was just a couple of days ago and i guess the future is now.   Like Ferris Bueller said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it"

It turns out that there are a handful of cell phone apps that can control your computer.  They act as a remote desktop, similar to a VPN and allow you to see and interact with your computer, using just your cell phone.  The technical explanation of how it works is what's called remote rdp or remote desktop protocol.  

With Phone to Computer i realized that it wasn't perfect but i saw the potential of being able to access your computer from anywhere.  Now this is nothing new, VPN's have been around for a while.  Companies use them all the time so that workers can access their work computers from home.  But this new software gives ordinary people a way to access their home computers using just their cell phone.

After using the Phone to Computer app for a few days though, i realized that it had a huge problem.  It only connected to your computer if you were on the same network.  Meaning it only worked if you phone was connected to the same WiFi that your computer was using.  Once you left the WiFi zone it wouldn't connect.  So basically the app is only good if you are sitting in a different part of your house and are too lazy to walk to the computer.

BUT...

I began searching the Google Play Store for apps that act as an "rdp remote desktop" and what i found was really promising.  As i expected, there were some apps that cost $20, $30 and $40 to download, and some even had monthly fees.  Those apps were the Pro Editions that had all the bells and whistles.  But just below those expensive apps, many companies had free alternatives for individual use.  I searched for phrases like "remote desktop rdp" and "rdp for windows 7".  Google Play gave lots of results but only a couple were fully fledged apps for my android phone. 

So after sorting through all the choices, i decided to try out the Top 4 Free Remote Desktop Apps.

Here's what i wanted it to do:

• Easy set-up.   Something an average person could configure in just a few minutes.
• Must be able to control my mouse and keyboard, just as if i were sitting in front of the computer.
• Must be fast.  It wouldn't be any good if everything was slow and jittery.
• Must be able to run any program on my computer.
• Must be free.

With that said, here are the best free apps that i found for android phones which will control your computer.


1.   TeamViewer for Remote Control

This app turned out to be my favorite and the best out of the four i tested.  This remote rdp was the easiest to use and easiest to setup.  It met all of my requirements for what i wanted the app to be able to do.  The free version of TeamViewer gives you two options to run the program.  Rather then installing the program i just select "run" every time.  That way it doesn't install anything on the computer.  Then i just have it automatically run on windows start-up and set it to the background.

Here's what the TeamViewer menu looks like on the computer.  I like the simplicity of its dashboard.  It automatically gives you "Your ID" and Password.  You just type those numbers into the app on your cell phone and you're connected.

With all of the programs i tested, you need to install two things: the app on the phone and the "server" on the computer.  The software on the computer must be running in order to establish a connection between the phone and computer.

TeamViewer's only downside is that it is a bit annoying.   When you try to close the dashboard, it stays open in the background.  But overall it works really well with only minor inconveniences.  And when it's running it looks exactly like i expected, you have complete control of your computer.

The controls are very intuitive as well.  Double-tap = double-click, pinch to zoom, etc. 


2.   2X Client RDP/Remote Desktop

 

A lot of reviews i read about the 2X Client RDP Remote Desktop software were very positive.  People said that it was a powerful program, but i didn't get very far with it.  It ended up failing my first requirement, easy to install.  

I downloaded the free 2X Client RDP app on my android phone.  Like with most apps it was very simple.  Just go to the Google Play store and download it.  But the problem came with the software that i needed to install on my computer.  It was overly complicated.  Where as the TeamViewer, i only needed one ID and Password, 2X Client RDP needed three.  First they needed my email and password.  Then it asked for a Computer ID and password for that.  Then i had to fill in my Username and password.  

If that was it, i would have been fine.  But then it asked me to type in my Primary IP address, Secondary IP address, Port, Domain, etc.  I thought that i filled in everything correctly and even got my Home-PC to show up on my cell phone menu.  

But after 15 minutes of trying to connect i eventually gave up. I tried going to the companies website and watching youtube videos for help, but this definitely didn't seem like something the average person could do.  It also didn't help that i was already very happy with TeamViewer, which i just got done installing in 3 minutes.


3.   Splashtop 2 - Remote Desktop

Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop is another app that you may be unhappy with my review.  Actually i never attempted to install it.  Again the reviews were good, people said it was fast and easy to use.  But then i read that the Free Version only works if you are on the same WiFi network as your computer.  Just like the app Phone to Computer, it only worked if you were basically in the same house as your computer.  There is a Pro Version of Splashtop 2, but that cost $20 per year.

A lot of people said they like this because it's fast enough to play PC games on a cell phone.  I'm not sure if the graphics are any good though.  And i'd guess that the speed and game control isn't any good.  But it looks like it has the same rdp software interface as all the others.

If they change how their "free" version works i'd definitely give this one a try based on what people have written.


4.   PocketCloud Remote RDP / VNC

PocketCloud Remote RDP came in at #2 on my list.  Everything installed fine and was just a little harder to connect than TeamViewer.  But there were two big problems i had with the app.  The first one is that it started "taking over my computer".  After it installed it wouldn't go away.  It automatically put these dumb double-arrows on the top right of every program window.  It was definitely NOT a small program that operated behind the scenes.  It became annoying very quickly.

The second problem i had was when i tried to sign in.  Much like the 2X Client RDP it required multiple usernames, email, computer name and login name to connect.  Once i figured out that the second username and password had to be the same as the actual username of my home computer it allowed me to sign on.  Then without warning it automatically logged me off of my computer.  All of the other RDP/VPN apps worked while Windows 7 was running.  But this program just logs you off from the computer without asking. In bothered me in every aspect and i decided to uninstall it.

So in the end i decided to use TeamViewer as my RDP remote control.  It met all of my requirements and so far it's been great.  I can now quickly sign into my computer no matter where i am, as long as i have my cell phone and a WiFi connection.

I still think that this is the future.  The line between computers, laptops, tablets and cell phones are slowly merging together.  Until the point in time where we will all have just one device.