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Monthly Archives: July 2008
How Long Does It Take For Fire Wood To Dry?
From what I have been reading, it takes about a “season” for firewood to dry (or season) enough to burn. That’s about nine months. There are a bunch of factors, including temperature, if the wood is covered or not, stacked … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement
Tagged air flow, airflow, birches, fire wood, fireplace, firewood, hickory trees, maples, pellet stove, wood, wood burning stove
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Working With A Dell Precision T7400 Workstation
Well, I recieved the new Dell T7400 workstation yesterday, a day early. I met the FedEx guy in the garage. He warned me that the box was heavy. I unpacked the box and took the computer out. It was pretty … Continue reading
Wind Power, Bad Science, Bears, Cars and Cheap Energy
Wind Power Superhighway for West Texas Texas likes to do everything big, including wind farms and investing in clean energy. The states has been given the thumbs up for a $4.9 billion plan to set up transmission lines to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Environment
Tagged alan blinder, bad science, bear, bears, Cars, cheap energy, clean energy, energy, good science, government, oil, power, quantum physics, Science, scientific discovery, texas, transmission lines, wind, wind farms, wind power
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More Hiking At Devil’s Hopyard State Park
Today, we went back to Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam for what turned out to be a grueling two mile hike. It felt good, but there was a lot of sweat involved. We went uphill and downhill and … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Travels
Tagged bridge, devil, digital camera, east haddam, frog, hemlock, hemlock trees, Hiking, hills, hopyard state park, mile hike, moss, orange trail, oven, park vista, photos, pictures, ridge, river, trail marker, vista, walking
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New Blog Theme
Check it out…you like? I tried to find the simplest theme on the planet and this is one of them. I am sick of all the fluff. Also, the page load time is much faster with this theme because it … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs
Tagged blog, images, page load time, photo, photos, thumbnail photos
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Do Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders Work?
Watch this entire video and you be the judge. Sure, maybe the squirrel is eating the crumbs the birds dropped in back of the feeder tray, but I would say the squirrel proof bird feeder is rather effective. This is … Continue reading
Hiking At Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam, CT
As I have mentioned before, Connecticut is the place to be if you like parks, hiking, mountain biking and recreation in general. We are learning that people around here take this stuff very seriously. When driving around, it’s hard not … Continue reading
Posted in Summer, Travels
Tagged bridge, Camping, chapman, Connecticut, covered bridge, ct, devil, east haddam, Hiking, hopyard rd, hopyard state park, lake, map, mountain, mountain biking, river, state parks, stone bridge, vista, water, waterfall, woods
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The Search For The Pellet Stove Begins
I know it’s only July, but believe it or not, that’s about two months too late when someone is trying to get a pellet stove installed. I stopped by the local pellet stove store the other day to pick out … Continue reading