This post is a revival of a webpage I made over 4 years ago, and I was recently reminded of it, so, I decided to bring it out again.  The problems demonstrated with this page are not as prevalent on the web today as they were several years ago, but I think it’s still relevant. [...]

Aunt Frances’ Lemonade via Taste of Home.

I don’t know if I’ve ever talked to someone who said they really had more storage space than they could use. Closets often bulge to the seams until the garage inevitably ends up sacrificing its vehicular storage capacity for our ever increasing collection of stuff. If the garage is the only storage option, it can [...]

The project in pictures. This can also be seen in my Flickr photo set.

In the Kitchen Workstation – Part II post I did a 3d rendering of the proposed addition to our kitchen cabinets. Renderings attempt to accurately represent reality using 3d shapes along with varying textures and lighting. In order to better explain what it takes to make one of those models and why it [...]

When we started talking about doing the workstation the first thing I wanted to do what to draw it out on paper. Most drawings I do are on computer, but there is something about using pencil and paper that I enjoy. There is a freedom that you can’t get with a computer. [...]

Amy and I have decided on a new project for the house and I thought it would be a good one to document so here goes. We currently do not have a good place to pay bills, stash the mail, write messages, etc and we’ve been trying to come up with an easy, economical [...]

In the spirit of David Allen’s Getting Things Done I have, in the last year or so, been essentially iconless on my desktop. I have come to think of my desktop as a sort of inbox where any icons piling up are just unprocessed or not-dealt-with information (a.k.a. clutter) that decreases my productivity. [...]

Pay someone to do it who has the necessary creative and technical abilities.

I received all of the parts and assembled the server without much trouble. One note to anyone looking to build a computer in the near future: Check that the motherboard and power supply connections match up, especially if you are using server type motherboard. A change I did make to the hardware since [...]