Dust everywhere: wore out a grinding wheel slightly enlarging the hole through the counter for a replacement faucet.
Category: Home Living
Our Clean Garage
Crossed “clean the garage” off my to-do list.
Glass Houses and Buried Museums
The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats…… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums
Fiber to the Basement
Signed up for fiber to the home: half the price of DSL or cable. Local service provider, no teaser rates or bundling.
Pure, Dumb Luck
Used a low-tech solution to bring an ancient CPU back to life: a blast of air at the connectors. Pure, dumb luck.
Happy Flowers, Unhappy Weeds
Spent the morning gardening among happy flowers, and unhappy weeds.
Modest, But Exciting
Run, cycle, lunch. Later, friend arrives, grill burgers. 7 p.m. this modest firework show. Plenty excitement.
Success Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know
Success is too often defined as celebrity, money, or power.Do SomethingA colleague, an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, was about to deliver an early morning lecture. He stood in his heavy coat, and pronounced it to be a super frigid day.The students groaned in agreement.He then asked: “What are we going to do about…… Continue reading Success Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know
Impulse Buys
After a walk with a friend, popped into downtown Whole Foods for 2 items. Left with 10 items stuffed in my backpack.
Troubleshooting
Rainy day, so isolated and fixed a problem with a control cable. Had to test continuity at four locations.