Near fishtank tragedy...- March 30, 2004 I was doing my regular cleaning and maintenance of our 55 gallon fishtank in our living room this evening when I had a boo-boo. I cleaned out our Fluval(the worst part of the whole job) and replaced its media(carbon, peat, and the like). I was then going to play a little on the computer but decided tonite was the night to clean the glass too. Here was where my mistake lay. Since it's a glass tank it's usually an easy job to clean the hard algae that a brush won't clear, just use a razor blade..http://www.nnin.net/archives/000275.php Barenaked Ladies concert....- March 11, 2004 We went to the Barenaked Ladies concert last night. They put on a great show. I've been waiting to see them for at least 10 years. They were playing in San Francisco when we lived there but I couldn't convince my wife to go see a 'great new band named the Barenaked Ladies'. We missed a chance to see them playing in a small club out there. They've been rained out twice in the last 8 years here in Austin making it impossible to see them play here. Yes, I snuck a few crappy phonecam shots of the...http://www.nnin.net/archives/000274.php Pinecar madness...- March 7, 2004 Today was my son's big pinecar derby with the Cub Scouts. Over the past 2 weeks we put a lot of time into his car. He wanted a Ford GT-40. First thing we had to do was make sure the axles were straight. With a micrometer we found the axle slots that came precut were out of straight by about 8 degrees. That won't do. We borrowed a friend's drill press and drilled some new axle holes that also give the benefit of lowering the car. When drilling we made sure that the axles have a slight downward...http://www.nnin.net/archives/000273.php My own 'Oscar'...- March 6, 2004 Tonite we went to the Central Texas Geocachers Awards. It was held at GattiTown in Oak Hill. Not my first choice but the kids loved it. The awards were for the best geocaches in the Austin area. They were voted on by locals. There were awards for best camouflaged, best themed, best multi-cache, and so on. About 15 awards in all. One of my caches,The Rock That Rolls, won two awards. The first was for the 'Most Innovate Cache'. The second award was the biggie. I won the Best All Around Geocache..http://www.nnin.net/archives/000271.php Say bye-bye money...- March 5, 2004 I've previously written how we just purchased the house we've lived in for the past 8 years. This past week we signed a contract to have all the original 25 year-old siding replaced with vinyl siding. Everything that isn't rock or concrete will be covered. It's a bargain(yeah, right) at a mere $13,000. That includes replacing bad siding with plywood then covering the house in 34" insulation backer board, then vinyl over that. That includes all the soffits and facias also. It should lower our...http://www.nnin.net/archives/000272.php |