Marichiba Consulting

For Sale: Celestron Star Hopper Telescope + 2 eyepieces + TELRAD finder scope

Matthew — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:11:01 +0000

Here are photos of telescope components for sale. You can find the items on ebay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190628090522#ht_500wt_1104 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190628093146#ht_500wt_1104 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190628144968#ht_500wt_1104

First, here’s a video of the Celestron Star Hopper telescope I have for sale:

The scope has a mounted TELRAD finder scope. I also have 2 Tele Vue eyepieces available.

Tele Vue [...]

For Sale: Celestron NexStar 8 electronic telescope, $700 OBO

Matthew — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:34:47 +0000

Great Christmas stocking stuffer for a stargazer! OK, you’ll need a big stocking, but still.

These go for $800+ on eBay. Make me an offer. Call, email, or use the contact page.

The NexStar 8 is a standard Celestron 8 inch SCT optical tube mated to a futuristic-looking go-to mount. The NexStar computer both [...]

Simple YouTube Shortcode WordPress Plugin

Matthew — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:58:53 +0000

Simple Youtube Shortcode is a WordPress plugin that provides a shortcode to embed YouTube videos or playlists, with basic options for sizing the player and styling with CSS.

I needed a shortcode to simplify the task of embedding a YouTube video player into a client’s WordPress website, allowing both single videos or playlists, with options [...]

Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

Matthew — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:12:37 +0000

It was the lucky day for my one rhubarb plant in my yard. We cut back all the stalks and turned it into a big rhubarb crisp. This is the base recipe we used. I substituted coconut oil and used gluten-free flour instead, and everything turned out smashing.

From About.com:

Rhubarb [...]

Website design and development for In3 Finance, April 2011

Matthew — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:00:00 +0000

When Integrated Investments International, a client I have consulted with for two years, needed a website for their new debt-finance operation, they called me up. The new website was for In3 Finance, and it needed a combination of the pin-striped professionalism expected of a financial institution and the inspirational flair to attract values-based [...]