Cutting the Cable

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

As I mentioned in my last post, our family is proudly too cheap to pay for cable or satellite television. But the same can't be said for my house's previous owners. All along the side of the house is strung a cable TV wire that has been disconnected from the ...

Installing an Attic Antenna

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

When my house was built in 1923, the builders couldn't anticipate the wiring demands of occupants 86 years later.  I am gradually separating circuits and updating electrical wires, but wiring for telephone and television is also outdated. For the TV, our too-cheap-to-pay-for-cable household has used a set of rabbit ears on ...