Here’s the dealio I managed to get my hands on one of the “After Thanksgiving” coupons from www.BuyLifetime.com. If you’ve been eyeing a set of Lifetime folding chairs or stacking chairs, or any of their tables, trailers, yard carts, benches, basketball equipment or accessories, or even a storage shed, now’s your chance! What’s so cool [...]
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Nov 21
BREAKING: T-Mobile is Down!
Davis County, Utah – Just after 11:30am MT T-Mobile’s cellular and data networks went down in the greater Davis County, Utah area. Incoming and outgoing cellular calls are not being completed and phones are showing “no bars.” Users with data plans are also reporting the inability to connect to data services for web, email, and [...]
Nov 20
New XBOX Experience (NXE) Rocks!
Yesterday, November 19th, 2008, was the long-awaited launch-date of the New XBOX Experience, or NXE. The Update Process On power-up and login to my Live account I was asked if I wanted to apply an update, to which I answered “Yes.” About 3 minutes later the download was complete and the XBOX was restarting, same [...]
Nov 19
Backyard Wind Turbine, Part 6: Wiring up the electrical connections
Project Table of Contents What kind of energy should I harvest? City ordinance and neighborhood considerations Installing the tower base Building and securing the tower Building and installing the wind turbine Selecting the type of turbine Choosing AC or DC Prototype, aka “Mark 1” Building the “Mark 2” Video of the finished Mark 2 in [...]
Nov 18
Ugly Chickens
By popular request, here are a few snaps I took this morning of my “Ugly Chickens.” The one on the right is Nugget, in the middle is Stew, on the left is Pox, and on the bottom is Pot Pie. These birds are 1.5 years old and just coming out of a molt (hence why [...]
