Thresher parts
Here is part of an antique steam-powered threshing machine. Unless I miss my guess, this is the connecting rod from the piston to whatever is the drive wheel. The high-pressure steam is injected into the cylinder over there on the left. An external-combustion engine! Great Art courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam, taken at the corn maze we walked through in Pennsylvania last October, and part of my famous Machinery series.
It’s not part of the Train series, unfortunately, since it’s not part of a train. But it is a steam engine, which is totally cool!
Excellent day! LRN4 is doing very well today and continues to make amazing progress. She truly looks stronger and better every day. Today was also amazing because we saw LRN12! She and her other grandma were here for a few hours, along with LRN29’s always-appreciated regular visit. We had a great time with the visit and miss our sweet little granddaughter already. We need to meet again soon! Hopefully in Las Vegas next time. Or maybe at her place. But definitely soon.
Made progress on the app again today. Other than a couple of crashing bugs I still need to chase down, the function I’ve been working on for the past several days is good to go. I’ve done much of the brainwork for the next feature today and hope to get it functional tomorrow. After that, I have a couple more important features to add, the iPhone version screens to lay out and get working, the artwork to get created and attached, and the app to ship.
After I get my iOS developer account changed from an individual to a business account, that is. Oh, and also get my account set up with a checking account. Oh, and also get a business checking account. But I think that’s about it. Should be able to get it all done before we go home, don’t you think?
Oh, I also need to finally set up my bug tracking database for the app. During development, I was just doing the work. Even though I still have a lot of development work to do, I need to start keeping track of the things I’m finding.
Oh, I also need to write the help text. And probably a whole bunch of other things. But I still think I can probably get it done before we leave. Maybe.
We watched a hilariously bizarre movie this evening – [amazon asin=B000R7I3XM&text=Blades of Glory]. It’s a tossup between the hilarious and bizarre, if you ask me. It’s just . . . indescribable. Watch it. Highly recommended.
And I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news: nut theft!
See you tomorrow.
July 31st, 2013 at 4:11 pm
I’d better get working on the artwork. Progress is a little slow because I can’t seem to figure out how to get what I’ve done fully integrated with what I need to add.