David Vielmetter

Category: Other

  • Play music from your iPhone on speakers of any PC in your house

    I have a HTPC running Windows 7 hooked up to my entertainment system in the living room. Recently someone asked me how I play music from my iPod, iPad or iPhone to the speakers of my entertainment system without an Airport Express. Here’s how I do it:

  • Pool vac stuck on drain

    My pool came with an older Hayward Pool Vac Ultra type cleaner. It works great at keeping my pool clean as long as it doesn’t get stuck on the main pool drain. I know there are tons of experts that say if your pool vac gets stuck on the main drain, you haven’t adjusted your…

  • Keep your garbage can clean with cat litter

    If you’re like me, that little bit of OCD in you absolutely loathes the nasty sticky mess at the bottom of the garbage can. I had to clean my garbage cans recently because a bag tore open and leaked gross stinky garbage liquid all over the bottom. Since that cleaning, I vowed to never do…

  • Increase suction on a bagless vacuum

    I’ve got this great little vacuum (Hoofer Flair S2200) from Amazon a few years back for about $35 bucks. It does a good job of cleaning cat hair and the occasional litter pieces off of my hardwood floors, it’s light and easy to maneuver and easy to empty. A year after I got it, though…

  • A weekend with jQTouch

    vCalc: A free mobile App to determine how much vacation time you have left.

  • Chicken roulades with spinach and mushrooms

    I made this last night and really enjoyed it. When I’ve had one of those days where nothing really worked right, I take solace in the fact that I can still throw good ingredients together and make a scrumptious dinner. What’s nice about this recipe is that it doesn’t require as much effort as you’d…

  • Swedish Pancakes

    This is a recipe that brings me back to weeks of cold gloomy winter days in Germany. My mom would make pancakes to cheer everyone up when it was cold dark and wet outside. The sweet smell would lure depressed family members from the far corners of the house to sit, talk and smile at…

  • German style potato pancakes

    I like me some fried greasies from time to time, and when I do potato pancakes often the bill. This is a pretty standard recipe not much different from a glut of them on the internet, but I feel that the magic happens in the cooking more than the prepping, so I took some pictures…

  • Farmers Market Caprese Salad

    This weekend I had time to stop by the farmers market. I picked up some gorgeous tomatoes and ultra fragrant purple basil which I threw that together with some fresh mozzarella and balsamic vinaigrette at lunch time. It turned out to be a really wonderful little caprese salad that’s simple to make with the right…

  • WW2 era fighter planes

    Wings over Camarillo was a wonderful opportunity spend some up close and personal time with the kind of fighter planes that ruled the sky during world war II. The air show included aerobatic displays by close to 40 ww2 era aircraft including P-38’s and some of the famous Grumman cats. Seeing these awe inspiring warbirds perform just…