You may have noticed today that the /dev/null server was down—due in no small part to the complete lack of electrical power in the house. We had our crappy old Zinsco panel replaced today with the shiny new 200A unit pictured at right. It's difficult to tell from the pictures...
We got our new trash cans today. The big blue bin on the left is for recycling. The tiny grey one on the right is for bona-fide trash. And we're awaiting a third specifically for compost and lawn waste. I've never seen a suburb so serious about getting people to...
Continuing with the foliage theme, I figured I'd post a picture of the bit of landscaping I'm not planning on ripping out when I redo the front and back lawns. This is a really particularly awesome bit of vines and ... err, flowering tree stuff stuck back in the corner...
We have exceedingly tall trees in our back yard....
I'm tired—no real content tonight....
home.milkmandan.org will be going down later today in preparation for Comcast to move our personal intertruck (no, wait, it's an intertube) from the old place over to the new. Comcast assures me service will be restored by 4pm tomorrow, but the lag in DNS update time will likely mean you...
My home inspector reminded me of this tip: if you need to buy tools, look first at your local pawn shop. Most pawn shops are packed to the gills with tools (and musical equipment), and some of it is in good working order. Now, you know already that practically all...
I'm short on pictures because the internet connection and the computer with the camera dock are now in different houses—but as the title says, we've got the bulk of our crap moved from the old townhouse into the new place. On a related note, it looks like I'm really getting...