I uploaded some pictures from my camera. They, as always, can be accessed via the Gallery tab at the top of the page but also via a direct link to my Camera Photos in my Gallery. Here are a few pictures. This is a picture of Xander showing off his family tree project at school [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2007’
New Gallery Software
I don’t know if this is important for those who read my blog but I’m going to inform you anyway. After a bit of testing then a bunch of work, I’ve migrated our Photo Gallery software over to Coppermine Photo Blog software. I had a couple of reasons for moving over to this software. It [...]
Violate copyright? $150,000. Violate free speech? $0.
I’ve taken this headline directly from a Hyperorg post on penalties that come from the DMCA. This post talks about penalties for both infringers – meaning those who post material that is in violation of copyright and have a cease and desist against them but fail to comply – and those who post a cease [...]
First 90 degree day
People who’ve grown up in the Pacific Northwest act like when it gets above 78 degrees that they will melt so when it gets to 90 degrees you can imagine what they feel like. I certainly feel sorry for them. But as someone who grew up in Southern California, my experience with temperature is much [...]
Lots of new pictures
I’ve gotten too busy lately so my posts are getting somewhat infrequent. That doesn’t really mean life is slowing down. Kathy has posted a bunch of pictures on our Photo Blog which you can get by using the link I just put there are going to the top of my blog and choosing the “Gallery” [...]
I got the “Wicked” CD today
I blogged about 6 months ago about seeing the musical “Wicked”. The musical is based on the book of the same name. The book was interesting but very dry. In fact it was dry enough that there were several times during the reading that I wasn’t sure that I could finish it. The musical, on [...]
Sharpening – I’m Done!
Finally, I’ve sharpened all my hand planes and chisels. I have learned a lot about sharpening and what it takes to do it right and what they don’t tell you about it various guides. Most of what they leave out is that the initial (first time you do it) sharpening can take quite a while. [...]
No truck this week
That means that Kathy and I are a single car family this week. It’s probably not a big deal as that we don’t drive all that much or that often but there are times when we need to go in different directions and for this week, at least, we won’t be able too. I had [...]
Sharpening
I’m sharpening again… This time I’m sharpening blades for my hand planes. I’ve finished my block planes including lapping the soles and sharpening the blades. These are in good shape. I’m now turning my attention to my bench planes. These are bigger blades. The first one is a very thick blade and is taking quite [...]
Little League Pictures
I’ve been a little slow at posting this but Kathy put up the boy’s first Little League pictures last week. Check the gallery tab at the top of this page. Here are a couple of my favorite: Mitchell with his team and showing off his new red mit. Xander at bat. Look at that form!
Reorganized my workshop
I mentioned in an earlier post that I bought some new tools from the local woodworking show. This causes problems. You see, I have a very small shop so that means that I have to find ways to fit the things into my shop. Whenever I tackle reorganizing my shop to fit things into it, [...]
Bump on the noggin’
I’ve got a bump on my head. I woke up with it this morning and have no idea how I got it. It is about the size of a grape and hurts quite a bit. How does one get a bump on the head and not know where it comes from? I’m guessing Kathy didn’t [...]
RIAA thinks it can do anything?!?!
When I first heard this via a podcast (I heard it on several and can’t remember which one I heard it on first otherwise I would give some attribution), I just couldn’t believe the audacity of the RIAA. More over, remember that the RIAA is made up of companies like EMI, Sony, and such and [...]
New Woodworking Video’s
I got some new woodworking training video’s. 2 of them focus on sharpening. 1 of them is sharpening planes and the other is sharpening chisels. They have similar techniques but are by different people. I really liked them as they are the first sources I have ever read or watched that have not indicated that [...]