Time for a fun update. New tanks arrived today! This time, the pallet and crate was “small” enough that the driver could unload it, and he even did so without tearing off another chunk of the tree that overhangs the driveway. Of course, mother nature decided to dump snow on us the [...]
Bertha progress! I know, wild, right? Let’s start with cutting holes in the house:
Here’s one of the inside ports to the outside world. This one doesn’t have the fan installed; the fan has that white frame and those neat metal rings to allow you to remove it, clean it, maintain it, and [...]
Why these numbers in my title?
Well, I don’t get out to see a whole lot of movies, nor am I anywhere near what you would consider a movie fanatic. However, Kathy and I do occasionally take a weekend afternoon to visit the theater, and I am glad to step up to the challenge of [...]
Making some progress on the generator… this line will run from the propane tank. The power harness will go through the garage, where conduit already was in place to hold it, and then underground from the garage to the utility closet in the house. Fun stuff!
The picture shows fog; yesterday we were [...]
On my way into Las Vegas last weekend, I stopped at a US Postal Service Stamp Vending Machine in the airport to procure a few stamps. The selections were quite varied: I could purchase a pack of 20 first-class stamps ($7.80), a bundle of 10 air-mail stamps ($35), or as few as one [...]
Okay, I don’t know if the analogy is perfect, but here it is:
This is my sketch of Bertha’s future GI tract, a.k.a. her “sump.” Most modern aquariums use external filtration mechanisms that are somewhat decoupled from the main tank. (In other words, it’s not a small box with some filter floss and an [...]