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This past weekend, I planted the last of four arborvitaes that I bought back in…

I haven't been able to upgrade composer with homebrew to version 2.7.7 (on Intel…

Reading this weekend about a backdoor introduced to the open source xz project.…

Furnace went out again. Had to clean out the trap. I was feeling a little uncom…

For some reason, the Homebrew version of composer hasn't been working recently,…

I recently updated to Mac OS version 13 (Ventura). It mostly went smoothly, bu…

My furnace was fixed on Monday, just a few days after stopping working. I calle…

I got my lowest usage on my water bill yet: -1 unit. Thus, my lowest water bill…

On my new MacBook, I've been isolating responsibilities into separate user acco…

Furnace with a powerful computer system providing the heat. Will use compute c…

I spent most of this past weekend repainting the horizontal surfaces of my deck.…

[Update]The following method no longer seems to work due to changes in the inst…

Olive oil seems to work for removing roof cement from skin. It may take longer …

Saw two little foxes in the woods right behind my house. One got within 15 feet…

First real snow of the year. First snowy commute to my new home. Took 50 minute…

Finally home after nine days of vacation. Feels weird being home, but definitel…

I never set up home internet when I moved, and am considering staying that way. …

This idea is based on my Local + Proxy Remote Hosting for Personal Site idea, b…

Feeling worn out after spending somewhere near five hours this evening between: …

Every room has sun-light and moon-light. Hallways, stairwells, walkways, etc. …

After a year and a half of living with me, my roommate Dwight finally moved out…

There was another mouse in my house, removed yesterday. Over the summer I had o…

I recently purchased a clothes washing "machine" for my home. It is …

As I said in my last post, I recently had to cut out a section of pipe to fix a…

I had my first split pipe a little over a week ago. The pipes froze for maybe …

Toby Manor will soon have a new employee. Dwight Henson, my roommate and bandm…

When I replaced my water heater, I also replaced the piping coming into the hou…

I'm very happy to say that my house, like so many rich and famous people's, now…

I haven't posted the news about my water heater. I got it in back in fall or e…

During my stove installation assumed gas-out situation, I ventured under my hou…

My am I silly. When installing my stove, I had to turn off the gas at the tank…

I finally got a real stove. It's installed and all. My parents last christmas…

I've captured two more mice now. The first was very smart and was able to figu…

Mrs. Mouse is dead. She somehow managed to fall into a bucket of water I had s…

Despite what I had thought, Mrs mouse is still here. She just had been hiding …

Mrs mouse would frequently sneak over to my kitchen, finding bits of food to ea…

I have a friendly visitor to my house. She's small, brown, and furry. I've se…

Hey hey, spring is finally here. Now my house is actually warm or even hot dur…