Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
I'm pretty sure the last time I used a sewing machine was my 8th grade home economics class. That class must have made an impression, though, because I still remember sewing a nylon duffle bag, cooking "broiler burgers," and nervously working alongside a female classmate whose body had developed more ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
What's a technology-loving old-house aficionado to do? The builders of my house 87 years ago just couldn't anticipate the internet, digital media, or a resident houseblogger. To meet my need for distributed digital resources, I could run cat-5 cable through the house or set up a wi-fi network, but I ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Schoolhouse Electric just announced their new lighting catalog in an email I received recently. The catalog is chock full of eye candy, and really worth checking out. You can view the entire catalog online or request to have a printed version mailed to you, if you're of the clip-and-save persuasion.
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
We may be far enough into 2010 for some people to have made and broken new resolutions, but I'm not yet through reflecting on 2009 and planning for the year ahead. Sure, I could beat myself up about the backlog of unfinished projects I'm carrying forward into the new year-- ...
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