Big Day for AR-on-Android News

Lots of augmented reality news yesterday:

I wrote this piece for AndroidGuys.com that they posted today. I’ll be trying to submit something to them about once a week.

El Smok-o Cheap-o: A $12 Smoker

Inspired by my brother-in-law Bill’s forays into the art of smoking meat, I built myself a smoker this weekend. My plan was to follow Alton Brown’s plans for a terracotta smoker made from a couple of large flower pots, a hot plate, and a pie plate to hold the wood. But I saw two issues with that design:

  • You have to remove the meat and the cooking grate to add more wood.
  • $50 in materials to build the thing? I figured I could come up with something cheaper.


And then it hit me: I’ve already got a made-for-the-outdoors, heat-proof box: my grill. I cranked the charcoal platform to its lowest position, and set up a hot plate ($11, including tax, at Walgreens) on it. Ran the cord out the side to an extension cord. Pie plate ($1 at Big Lots) full of wood chips on the hot plate. Meat on the grill above the pie plate. The coup de grace: my grill has a door in the front to add more coals, making it easy to add more wood chips without disturbing the meat or even opening the top. So for a mere $12, I had myself a working smoker.

We enjoyed some delicious proof-of-concept smoked pork chops for dinner tonight. They took about two hours and were delicious. More ambitious projects (whole chicken, pork butt) are in the works.

Carrots In Order: 

I got a little OCD with the carrots we picked today
Carrots In Order:

I got a little OCD with the carrots we picked today

Veggies from the Garden 1: 

Early Girl tomatoes, yellow stripey tomatoes (not sure the variety), cherry tomato, purple bell pepper, and yellow squash
Veggies from the Garden 1:

Early Girl tomatoes, yellow stripey tomatoes (not sure the variety), cherry tomato, purple bell pepper, and yellow squash

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Google: We'll give you $100 to try AdWords

Look what just popped into my inbox, an offer of $100 in credit if I open up a Google AdWords account:

AdWords Email


And you know what? For $100, I’ll think of a reason to take them up on it!

I’d love to send everyone there to take advantage of it, too, but the email included a single-use coupon code— I don’t think you’ll be able to sign up unless you get an email of your own from them.

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