January 2012
11 posts
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There’s an old joke. Heavy rains start and a neighbour pulls up in his...
– The President’s challenge - O’Reilly Radar
[This 97 sq. ft. house] was originally a pump house built over a well in 1900....
– Tiny Houses
December 2011
31 posts
How do you decide if cloud is for you? My simple test is this – Do you use the...
– The Pros and Cons of Cloud Hosting
Who in their right mind would willingly choose to...
Answer: Sometimes you don’t get a choice; the Chaos Monkey chooses you.
Re: Wood-Coal Burning Stoves
Originally Posted by James McMullen
Dear Jay,
The Stone Horse Sloop I’m planning to buy has one of those Tiny Tot stoves in it. I want to beg a little help from you on lighting and stoking techniques and such since I really don’t have much experience with little bitty solid fuel stoves like this. I do, however, have a ready source of hardwood scraps… . piled up behind my...
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rickwebb:
Well, there went a whole Saturday afternoon.
All links are Spotify unless it’s not there. Then it’s iTunes or Amazon. Playlists for both list are up on spotify. Some of the reissues are to their non-remastered versions up there, but what can you do? Also, apologies to RDIO. I am making the…
Downtime per year per nine
one nine: 36.5 days
two nines: 3.65 days
three nines: 8.76 hours
four nines: 52.56 minutes
five nines: 5.26 minutes
six nines: 31.5 seconds
November 2011
36 posts
Enderby notes
Enderby Island cattle
Enderby Island rabbits
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“The wharf was first developed by the whaling company of Samuel Enderby & Sons, which acquired the site for a ropeworks in 1830. Enderbys also built Enderby House, which remains today as a listed building[3] and part of the Alcatel works on the site.
In 1857 submarine cable manufacturers Glass, Elliot &...
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– Abraham Lincoln