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128 Scout - Day 3: Further down the rabbit hole...
Today after work I got my dad to come out to the house with me and help me out with my plumbing concerns. We shut off the water to the house, drained the lines, and began to disassemble the toilet. After assessing what we had and putting together a list of what we needed (new shutoff valves for both toilets, new drainstop assemblies for both sinks ( Read more... ) -
128 Scout - Day 2: A wild plumbing project appears!
After another long day of work I went to the house to finish sweeping up the shop, but before I could get back to that I ran into an unexpected concern. After using one of the bathrooms, I noticed that the toilet did not seem to be refilling the tank. When I checked the valve I discovered that it was open but almost no water was flowing into the ( Read more... ) -
128 Scout - Day 1: So many spiders!
Today was a very long day at work (11+ hrs), but after I got out of work I went to Home Depot and picked up some brooms, dustpans, and other cleaning implements and headed to my new home to start cleaning out the shop. I was able to get about 80% of the shop floor sweeped up but eventually had to quit when it got dark and the mosquitoes decided ( Read more... ) -
128 Scout - Zero Day: My (mis)adventures in home owning
After a long and meandering process, I have ended up purchasing a home. I am backdating this entry, but as I write this it has been a somewhat eventful first week of ownership and I've decided that I should be keeping some notes and anecdotes about my experience. I probably should have been recording some of my adventures and misadventures in the ( Read more... ) -
I miss this place.
I miss the comraderie and creativity of this place circa 2004.
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For those of you using Vista
If you've ever set up a folder to display your files in a certain way and then been confused and annoyed that it did not remain this way the next time you opened it, then this may interest you ( Read more... ) -
Double-ugh.
Ugh, somehow my Thunderbird got set to "download and install updates automatically" which resulted in an update from tb3b2 to tb3b3 today. Not only did this screw up a handful of my settings, but the developers apparently decided to change the icon set and the new look is absolutely atrocious! There's already a bit of discussion on mozillazine ( Read more... ) -
Update: June
You may not know it, but I like to cook. (I suppose that it only makes sense though, considering how much I love food!) Preparing your own food can be a tasty way to maintain a healthier diet, and it can also be refreshing for the soul. Sometimes, however, I like to prepare food that is decadent and unabashedly bad for one's body. Tonight, I will ( Read more... ) -
Dear Apple Fanboys:
This post is just here for my own reference the next time Apple fanboy starts spouting off about how Macs never crash, never need service, and never ever have any problems at all. Here is some anecdotal evidence and a real-world example that Macs aren't necessarily God's gift to operating systems.
"Sorry about the stupid comic, my main work ( Read more... )
