Progress Report
It has certainly taken longer than I had planned, and it is still a ways from being complete, but I...
September 25, 2011
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That Time Of The Month
Thank goodness that’s over. The thirtieth day couldn’t come quickly enough for me. I think I say this every year,...
June 30, 2011
Projects Aplenty
Summer is always busy, but this month has seemed especially crazy with plenty of projects keeping me busy. Today we...
June 29, 2011
Reading and Writing
I envy people who view reading a book as a way to kill an afternoon. It usually takes me months...
June 26, 2011
I Bought A Cow
I challenge anyone to watch the documentary Food, Inc. and not be influenced to make at least a few changes...
June 22, 2011
Mmmm… Beer
Rule #1 in home improvement projects: everything takes longer than you think it will. This past winter, I started building...
June 13, 2011
Stop Draggin’ My Car Around
Last year I wrote about the state of the electric car market, so I wanted to revisit the topic and...
June 7, 2011
President for a Day
I came across an interesting bit of trivia this week that I’m almost embarrassed to admit I had not heard...
June 6, 2011
Ready, Set, Blog!
It is time once again for the Running of the Blogs! This is my fourth year participating, and it seems...
June 1, 2011
Garden 2.0
Last year’s garden was a big success, but it didn’t take us long to realize that it wasn’t big enough...
April 9, 2011
More Sketchup
Last year I wrote about how I was learning to use Google Sketchup and that I was planning to use...
February 3, 2011
Handy Storage For Christmas Lights
Looking for a good way to store your Christmas lights and don’t want to spend a lot of money? If...
January 1, 2011
Bye Bye Movable Type
It’s been a good run. I think I started using Movable Type as my blogging platform in 2003, but it...
December 22, 2010
Rooftop Antenna
I’ve not had much luck with antennas as part of my Home Theater PC build. Up until now, none of...
October 9, 2010
Fifteen Albums That Don’t Suck
At the urging of a friend on Facebook, I am accepting the challenge to name fifteen albums that don’t suck....
September 8, 2010
Google Sketchup
This has been on my todo list forever, and today I finally got around to it. I’ve been wanting to...
August 7, 2010
Magnetic Picture Gallery
What do you get when you cross a child’s door with a refrigerator? A door that any kid can use...
June 27, 2010
How To Hide Your Gold
On one of my recent journeys down the Wikipedia rabbit hole — you know what I’m talking about, when you...
June 14, 2010
Electric Cars Still Coming
A year ago I wrote about the electric car from Zenn Motors that was on the verge of becoming a...
June 12, 2010
Here We Go Again
Welcome to the third annual Running of the Blogs! We’ve called it 30 Days of Blog in years past, but...
June 1, 2010
First Harvest
We had our first salad the other night from our garden and it was great. I can’t wait for all...
May 21, 2010
Happy Earth Day!
Yeah, I know I’m a week late, but I had to post an update on our square foot garden. My...
April 28, 2010
