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Looking For Cheapskates 13 - Modified

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

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...]

Looking For Cheapskates 11 - New Wheels

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

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...]

Boost Your Wireless Signal

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

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...]

Instructables

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

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...]

Add A Search Function To Thunar

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

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...]

A Neighborhood Landmark

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Regular readers of this Journal know that my wife and I are very blessed to live just a few doors away from a beautiful new park/preserve. And Max and I have taken our walk in that park every single day since it opened.

About a week ago, my boss told me that [more...]

Some Like It Grounded

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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...]

Some Like It Connected

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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...]