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Monthly Archives: December 2007
The Kitchen Tile is Installed
In an unexpected surprise, the tile guy was able to come over a few weeks early to install the kitchen floor. I greeted him with open arms. Anything we can get done early, the better. He came over around 9:30 … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement
Tagged cabinets, cement board, floor, Flooring, kitchen, moulding, thinset, tile
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Dimmable CFLs
I didn’t even know they had these. They must be new. I was just reading a story on Yahoo! about CFLs and the new energy legislation passed by the senate yesterday. Apparently, regular incandescent light bulbs are going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Home Improvement
Tagged cfls, dimmable, Environment, law, lighting, lights, senate
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The Ice Has Turned into Harder Ice
I went outside last night to chisel out the cars. They were covered with ice. I got on all my old snowboarding gear…jacket, snowpants, mittens, etc… I was as warm as a bedbug on the floor of an overheating pickup … Continue reading
External Hard Drive For System Backup
Well, I recieved my Seagate 250GB FreeAgent Desktop Drive today. I am still wondering about that little drive they installed with my computer. What the heck is that thing for? Anyway, this one is 250GB, which should be good for … Continue reading
The Tile Guy is Coming on Wednesday
Oooh, how exciting!!! I thought he was going to come to install the kitchen floor after the new year. This Wednesday is a pleasant surprise. Good thing I finished up all the floor sanding over the weekend. Now, if the … Continue reading
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Received and Installed
The UPS man just handed me a little package…Adobe Photoshop CS3. That was very nice of him. I am trying to upgrade most of my software before the end of the year. I have been doing a pretty good job … Continue reading
Setting Up a Cron Job in Plesk – Part 2
My cron jobs have been running as scheduled, but the strange part is I have been getting status emails…with errors in them. I am using the cron jobs (Scheduled Tasks) in Plesk to run my sitemap generators. Every time the … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology, Websites
Tagged apache, cron job, plesk, scheduled task, server
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Windy in the Northeast
There was supposed to be a big wind/snow storm over the weekend here in New York. We heard sleet hitting the windows Saturday night and woke up Sunday to see a nice layer of hard sleet/freezing rain on the already … Continue reading
Bubbles in Drywall Tape
When I was applying the drywall tape for the kitchen, I noticed some bubbles forming under the tape in some spots. I was getting all mad because I thought this was going to make the entire project look bad. After … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement
Tagged bubbles, drywall tape, kitchen, painting, sheetrock
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Kitchen Floor Sanded
Well, that was fun. Not really. I sanded for the better part of yesterday and now I am a little sore. I do have to say that I am very happy that I bought that respirator mask. It has come … Continue reading