Hacked Board

Hacked garage door opener controller board. The heavy duty soldering iron didn’t fry the board, and the hack worked.

Categorized as DIY

Cajun Hashbrowns

At French Meadow Bakery/Cafe today, waiting for Cajun hashbrowns: the meal fortified me for a 4-hour business meeting.

Categorized as Eat

Cold Walls

Thrill du jour: temperature inside our exterior walls right now. It has been a quiet day.

Preventing Frozen Pipes

Installed sensor to control pipe temperature when it’s really cold outside. It should prevent another frozen pipe.

Too Cold for School

Today it was too cold for the schools to open, but not too cold for nephew C. to snowboard.

Categorized as Family

Embracing the Season

False dilemma: “The winters are too cold. Why don’t you move?” Here’s my reply.

Categorized as Winter

Snow Monster

Sunny winter’s day, a good day to walk on the squeaky sub-zero snow. Spotted a snow monster and a cyclist on the lake.

Fireside

Ran around Lake of the Isles. Now, this is my preferred view until Wednesday when the high will next be above zero F.

Categorized as Winter

Ski-Sailing

Today, temperature soared to 18F so walked across Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. Watched people ski-sailing.