Weekend projects
The end of a productive weekend. Completed: Sherri’s half of the master closet (this was the big project for the weekend) Programmable thermostats for upstairs and down Massive basement cleanup Mud-room cleanup Salvaged hard drive from old TiVo, connected to our house computer More raking and moving leaves, therefore… Purchase, assemble, and use leaf blower [...]
Bright clock
Sherri bought us one of those clocks that projects the time onto the ceiling. Laying there last night trying to fall asleep, I determined: If using a typical am/pm standard, then… Brightest projection: 10:08 pm Dimmest projection: 1:11 am If using a 24-hour standard (“military time”), then the brightest projection would be at 18:08.
Holiday
I think the main problem with Take Your Barber To Work Day is that barbers have hundreds of clients, and how are they supposed to decide who to go to work with without looking like they’re playing favorites? Update (1/20/06): It would be the same problem with Take Your Doctor To Work Day.
Travel problems and home repair
I feel like this might be the title for all updates from here on out. I traveled for work yesterday to North Carolina to tour one of Lowe’s Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs). There’s not much I can say about the tour itself because of confidentiality, but WOW. It’s a serious operation. This RDC supplies product [...]
Plumbing experience
I’m happy to report success in my first real plumbing adventure as a homeowner again. The hot water pipe leading to the utility sink in the basement was leaking a slow drip-drip-drip. It was manageable in the short term using a bucket, but ultimately needed to be fixed. Co-worker Mike and I popped home during [...]
RM – the end of an area
r-a-b-i-d-m-o-n-k-e-y closed up today, after nearly four years. I’m sad to see it go… there was a TON of good content on there… but unfortunately none of it was very recent. Everyone that wrote there got busy with life, myself included. Fortunately there will always be the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to show the historic [...]
So 2006 begins
Back to reality. Yesterday was the travel day from hell. Definitely in the top 5 worst airline travel days of my life. I’m confident that the Orlando to Italy trip in 1999 will remain solidly pegged at the top of the list for a long, long time, but yesterday is nearby. In short, we stood [...]