Dave LeVasseur's Home Page

Last updated: 12-Jul-10

PDA Links   National Radar Loop  Full-size National Loop  Upper Mississippi Valley Radar Loop  Watertown Cinema 5

My Photo Gallery, a work in progress, has some of our photos on display for public viewing.  No userID or password needed as now.

New as of July 11th: Dexter's website.

Here's a shortcut to Dexter's photos.

My YouTube account, RockItScienceGuy, holds most of my videos.

Two recordings: Amazing Grace #1 and Amazing Grace #2, for May 16, 2010.

As of 31-Jan-10 You can listen to K-Dave streamed via the Internet, but if you use Windows Media Player you'll need to download and install this plug-in to hear it:  OpenPlsInWmp2Setup.exe  Running this will allow your version of Windows Media Player to open the ".pls" file that starts the streaming audio.
Then you can listen to K-Dave, if it is "on the air" at the time you try to connect.  If you get an error and Windows Media Player won't run, consider trying VLC, an open-source (free) video/audio player that works very well and handles the .pls file properly.  Just for fun, the "K-Dave" Identifier

Or try this Flash-based player:

 

New, as of January 17, 2010: Julia and I set up a website for our new venture:  www.GypsyFusionArtistry.com.  We'll post our video clips, photos, upcoming performances and general links as time permits.  (I really need to revamp this page since it is getting messy...)  I wrote two versions of a song I named La Cuenta or "The Count" (for obscure reasons I would need to describe in person).  The goal is to have a second song besides "Malaguena" for Julia to dance to when we perform.  Give them both a listen and tell me if one is better than the other or if I should combine them into one song:  La Cuenta #1  La Cuenta #2.  Here's what La Cuenta might really mean in Spanish.

My Subsonic server: http://24.220.77.12 if you don't have a userID and password for this, well, I guess you'll have to ask for one.

Instructions on the installation of a Lace Sensor pickup on a resonator ("Dobro") guitar!

The "Minnesota Project" slideshow, started 2-Jun-07 at Staples, MN.

The "Minnesota Project" was spawned perhaps 20 years ago when my parents, Grace and Ken, started collecting rocks from counties that they traveled through.  To begin, we started the project consisting of a concrete map of Minnesota with the counties outlined by placing galvanized nails head-by-head at the county lines.  My brother-in-law, Bob, made the plans and printed the map so we could place the nails in the right places.  My dad built the frame earlier in the week and on Saturday, June 2nd we poured the cement, and in an hour of concentrated effort by us kids, grandkids and extended families, placed each nail to form the county lines.  My mom placed the first nail, indicated by the red ribbon, at the southwest corner of the state.  The frame is 7'x7' and we used approximately 10 lbs of nails to complete the job.  The next phase will include the formation of rivers and the epoxying of rocks collected from each county, to be place in their respective county locations on the map.  Click on the photos below to see larger versions of these images.

Stuff about me: I am married to DeAnna whose recipes grace this page below.  We have a son, Dan who returned to Watertown in 2006 to start a family and help his dad.  I work at Minntronix, a company that manufactures magnetic components located in Watertown, SD USA, and also at Data Truck, a wireless Internet provider in Watertown.  I played in RockIt Science, a band in the Watertown area that disbanded in Dec, 2007, but I'm now with a group that plays mostly original compositions, Bluez'll Do.  I also administrate the web site for an event that is also Watertown residents' best reason to clean out their attics, the annual Sunrise Drive Rummage Sale.  Need to find our house (15 Sunrise Dr.)?  Here's a list of South Dakota counties and their respective license plate prefix numbers.

The Monarch Butterflies came through a few years ago..  Turns out we're evidently in their annual migration path, although this year was particularly spectacular.  I have a photo and YouTube video clip for those devoted to this.  We're newbies to this, but the activity in our backyard may eventually prove to be our learning ground.  There were many more Monarchs than those shown in the small-screen images.  My photographic skills don't do them justice.

We recently purchased a new Dell Dimension 3000 for DeAnna for a very reasonable price, but the cooling system cowling covering the fan isn't secured to anything and makes a lot of noise.  A wadded up paper towel served to fix the noisy fan problem.

A favorite comic strip of mine by Peter Kuper.  But here's another one, relevant to people who play music in public.

I am a ham radio operator, call letters: N0DL, and have been active in that hobby since 1973.

Amateur Radio Operators: download the Microsoft PowerPoint (Office97) Telephone Interference Seminar here. I gave this seminar at the 1999 Dakota Division Convention here in Watertown, SD. If you don't have Microsoft Office97 you'll need to download the PowerPoint viewer from the Microsoft web site.

Information on Camper's Paradise near Nevis, MN (where we have vacationed for many years).  Last year (2008) we saw a Toga Party!

You may reach me via e-mail at: me@davelevasseur.com.

Audio Tech Types: JVC Compulink files viewed using a soundcard.

Dave's Package Tracking Page (links to many carriers' tracking pages - to save on mouse clicks)

Attention pinochle players:

Click here for the rules for Six-Card "Racehorse" Pinochle.

Click here for the rules for Eight-Card six-player "Racehorse" Pinochle.

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