Making the Shed Great Yet Again

Here’s a picture from May of 1999 showing our late doberman Spike guarding me while I worked on our then 90 now 100 year old shed. Guess what I’m doing over 20 years later? Working on the same shed. Me in 1999. In 2020 I need glasses. The shed has gone through two previous improvement battles starting with shoving a foundation under it, electrification and strengthening the floor followed by a somewhat misguided attempt at insulation and ceiling...

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What is that black and orange bug in my garden?

...research, I really wanted to see all the bugs side by side, so I made this picture and this simple reference chart. It is now my gift to you. You are welcome. If you have any trouble reading this chart, I’ve made a pdf of it: click here. I couldn’t get WordPress to display a proper table without adding a plug in & …blah blah software misery…blah. Also, to find out more about any pest, a good place to start is to type the bug’s name into google, an...

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Using the Google Search App for Plant Identification

...e’s camera. It seems to work both with long distance shots, for instance a picture of an entire mature tree, or closeups of leaves. There are other plant identification apps out there that I have tested over the years but none have worked as well as Google’s search app. Google is sitting on way more data than any small-time app maker. Which leads to my disclaimer . . . While this search ability is amazing, I find Google creepy. Why? Let me list ju...

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Saturday Tweets: Post-Earth Day

...tment? https://t.co/WqAUMObsfJ — Rabi Abonour (@rabonour) April 26, 2019 A picture of LA if all the world’s ice caps melt away. pic.twitter.com/dNKFD70JNu — Scott Carney (@sgcarney) April 25, 2019 No One Is Prepared to Come to Grips With Unreality https://t.co/Do5GyefOuz via @Hmm_Daily — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 26, 2019 Why Did a YouTube Bot Make an Unwatched Video of Our Blog Post? https://t.co/CksSPMd9NO via @Hmm_Daily — Root Simple (@ro...

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Christmas Eve Tweets

...er, an architecture critic, (@mcmansionhell) December 20, 2018 Who needs a picture of my cat napping with a sweet potato in a salad bowl this morning? pic.twitter.com/i6d80QOpAQ — Lisa Gabriele (@lisagabrieletv) December 21, 2018 Arthur bidding farewell to his knights as they set forth on a quest for the Grail @BLMedieval Royal 14 E III f. 93v pic.twitter.com/AqqV1QyUVF — Dr. Melibea (@melibeus1) December 22, 2018 Last day of class [Morgan, MS M.9...

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