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almost done
The Absinthe fountain is coming along nicely, and tonight I am prepared to glue the reservoir to the base, which will mark the completion of the project.
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the parts have arrived!
Today I picked up the spigots I ordered for my Absinthe fountain project... they are quite nice, although may need a bit of treatment to reduce the shine ( Read more... ) -
model update
My model construction is going well. I started with the painting on Sunday, and wrapped most of that up last night... I don't want to paint any more until I start seeing some of the parts together ( Read more... ) -
time for some pictures!
This weekend has been very relaxing, and mildly productive.
I've been wanting a new Absinthe fountain for a while, and decided that I might enjoy making one. While out for a stroll and some shopping on Saturday I wandered into Liberty and came across two interesting items:
1) a heavy solid-metal candleholder
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Everything is big in Texas
Apparently the world around me is getting bigger. Today I took some time over my lunch hour to buy some new jeans and shirts. Could I find anything in my size? Not easily. The store was stocked with large, extra large, double extra large... not a medium shirt to be found, and most of the jeans started at a 36" waist.
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Quote of the day
Fortunately, this was NOT uttered by any of the people I work with:
"Most hard drives don't fail during their lifetime." In my mind a drive "failure" is a physical issue, which means that the failure effectively marks the end of the drives' life. I don't consider filesystem corruption (or any issues relating to the partitioning or formatting of ( Read more... )
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