I’ve carried this level in my tool bag for years. It wasn’t until today—after leaving it out in the sun and bringing it into a dark corner of the garage—that I realized it actually glows! This would have been a lifesaver in those pitch-black mechanical rooms or poorly lit TI (Tenant Improvement) jobs.Life is full of surprises.

Local vs. Cloud Storage: Keeping Assets Local for Blazing Fast Access

I have wasted countless hours waiting for my Mac Mini to retrieve video files and photos from iCloud. My old workflow was a constant battle: I would upload footage from my phone to the Apple Photos app, try to transfer them into a project folder, and watch the Mac choke because its internal system resources were maxed out just trying to shuffle files around to make room. Trying to import those massive clips into iMovie inevitably slowed the software down, making it act incredibly clunky—or it would flat-out refuse to accept a new project until I deleted gigabytes of older footage.

That frustrating bottleneck is completely gone now. By storing all my media assets locally on the NAS, the Mac doesn't have to wait on the cloud. Thanks to the dual NVMe drives caching my active editing files and the high-speed 2.5GbE network, file transfers happen locally at speeds up to 300 MB/s—which is exponentially faster than even the best internet cloud connections. It is absolutely lightning fast.

The Chapel - restored by BLM

The Stone Store - It was a store, a bar, a brothel and gas station in its long history.

Water Tanks are over 100 years old and where vital infrastructure for the town of Lake Valley

The Old Schoolhouse renovated by BLM

Hidden Wild West New Mexico Ghost Town Frozen in Time!

8000' elevation, Emory Pass New Mexico

Quick overnighter at Iron Creek Campground, Emory Pass New Mexico.

No need for the full setup for a overnight trip. I can just pop up my stainless shelf for my stove and work out of the back of my Xventure XV-3.

8000' elevation, Emory Pass, Iron Creek Campground, New Mexico. With the fold up shelf I don't have to set up a table for my stove. I can leave most of the gear insided and work out of the back for a quick getaway in the morning.

All 89 of my Blog Posts have a video and a article but but Google did not know my posts had videos. I tried several different attempts at putting together the correct JSON Schema and finally found one that worked with all my information. I had to update 89 Blog Posts but I finally got it done. I guess it will take a few weeks to see any improvement.

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Won in a raffle at Overland Expo West

I saw this awesome Land Cruiser at Overland Expo West In Flagstaff Arizona. To bad we are not allowed to get them in the USA.

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Cutting up Lug Nuts to Prove a Point

Lug Nut Hacksaw Massacre

Random camp at 9000' Jemez Mountains

Xventure XV-3 off-road trailer

Perimeter lights added before this trip to the Xventure XV-3

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