I’ve used my new roller skates many times now.
So I’ve gotten really good at feeling whenever anything on them needs to be adjusted.
And I even figured out that I needed to get bigger wheels to smooth out some of the many obstacles that I encounter when I [more...]
Regular readers of this Journal know that — after about 45 years off of roller skates — I’ve been trying to rollerskate outdoors in my nearby county park most weekends for the past couple of months.
They also know that last weekend was my first time [more...]
Like all modern routers, my home office’s DSL modem/router has built-in wireless capability.
But I’ve always used it with only wired ethernet connections.
So, for security reasons, I’ve always [more...]
Do you want to learn how to make an incredible Halloween costume?
How about a multi-tiered wedding cake?
Or a pair of light-up disco underpants? [more...]
Regular readers of this Journal know that, this past February, I tried, but ended up being very disappointed by the KDE4 Linux desktop environment.
So, ever since then, I’ve been happily using Xfce instead of KDE.
Xfce gives me most of the functionality that I enjoyed in KDE3, without any of KDE4’s [more...]
This is yet another one of my many do-it-yourself adventures, joining such classics as Some Like It Hot and Some Like It Warm and Some Like It Soft and Some Like It Connected.
My wife and I have been living in our dream home here in the Sunshine State since mid-2004.
All this time, only one minor thing has bugged me about this home. [more...]
This is another one of my many do-it-yourself adventures, joining such classics as Some Like It Hot and Some Like It Warm and Some Like It Soft.
Regular readers of this Journal know that I’ve found a lot of great local deals on Craigslist.com.
Those deals, and others like them, have allowed me to virtually replace (pun intended) nearly all of my older PC equipment with [more...]