Everything Nifty – From Chickens & Gardening to Printers & Technology
A few months ago (in mid winter) I was talking with my wife’s family and describing this really cool weed to them. “It peels off of the stem and then drills itself into the ground!” They looked at me like I was crazy…. I knew I would get my chance during the spring to prove Read More …
(Winner…. The 2001 Hyundai Elantra GT) As many of my friends know, I’m pretty frugal. I will admit that I am 95% value driven in 90% of my purchases. This is why it is a big surprise that I bought something I thought I’d never buy… a NEW car. We needed to get a Read More …
When it comes to backup I’m pretty anal. I’m not one of those people who learned the “hard way” how important it is to backup data and systems, but learned through others’ mistakes and frustrations. I’m by no means an expert at this, but I’ve found a system that has worked PERFECTLY for me, and Read More …
Recently one of my chickens went broody. You can see the story here. I decided to put my egg candling experience on a separate page, so here it is!
5/3/05 A lot has been happening over the past few days. First I got an email two days ago from the guy who took my 4 original chicks. He said they all turned out as roosters. Here’s a picture and here’s the story. Also, yesterday my young black hen laid her first egg.. it looked Read More …
Initial Wired Beans test Summary I have been testing the “Wired Beans” carts for a little while now. I have broken this summary into two parts – for those who use a cart once (until the printer sends a message that the ink tank is empty) and then throw it away, and for those who Read More …
There are a TON of LED flashlights out there, but this one is my favorite: The Dorcy AAA LED Flashlight Here are my criteria in rating this flashlight: Price Battery Type Runtime Brightness The price is a major factor to me because I have a habit of either loosing, braking, or giving away flashlights. Battery Read More …
Buy Pre-Made Tap Lights Here PROBLEM: The Mini Tap Light puts out too little light and drains too much juice! SOLUTION: Replace the crappy little excuse for a bulb with EIGHT bright LEDs. MATERIALS: 4 – bright white 3mm LED’s: 3mm, 3.3V, 30mA 4 – bright blue 3mm LED’s: 3mm, 3.3V, 30mA 1 – Mini Read More …
(it may be ugly, but it is raccoon proof and the parts were free) (Here are our NEW CHICKENS! Click here for the whole story! ) Step 1: First thing I did was to design my coop. I looked at a ton of great examples and took the ideas I liked best. Here are some Read More …
Okay, I admit it, I LOVE a nice sifted compost. The absence of rocks, twigs, leaves etc. make the virgin soil look perfect. I’ve had people marvel at how beautiful my planting beds look after running my compost and dirt through a screen. Yea, yeah, I know it isn’t necessary to screen compost before adding Read More …