I’m in the process of moving my old blog from it’s previous location to a new location. The address should stay the same but now I’ll have full control over all of the content, styling, and plug-ins. I had been using the 1&1 built-in blog feature but it…
Continue readingI started using my new table without getting any pictures of it. Woops. I was shopping for a small table about 2’x2′ to go at the side of a futon. Bailey and I visited at least seven furniture stores and found that a table about 2/3 that size…
Continue readingMy previous blog entry has a link to another site. It is not just a link but is actually a form that is submitted to the other site. This caused an interesting problem during implementation. These blog entries have HTML enabled so I can do some formatting and…
Continue readingI know of a site where I can get a chart that shows the temperature of Lake Tahoe taken from a few different research buoys in the lake. It’s a great resource but it’s a bit painful to use. I have created a form in this blog post…
Continue readingIn the process of copying content from www.rectorsquid.com, I decided to include a link to my kayaking trip map page. The image below is a snapshot of the page but is not up-to-date. Click on the image to go to the map page and see the most up-to-date…
Continue readingI was interested in RSS so I configured Microsoft Outlook to get the RSS feed for my blog. It seems to be working and this post is a test to see how some configuration changes in Outlook work. Sorry that there is no other interesting content. Other than…
Continue readingI have a web page www.rectorsquid.com where I had been adding pictures of various artwork and other things. It seems like this blog is more easily parsed by search engines and I am going to start placing links to various pictures here because of that. I think that…
Continue readingI built this small ring bender this weekend. It doesn’t have a crank so 3/16th rod is about the biggest material that can be fed through it by hand. It’s really made for bending rod that is part of a large rolling ball sculpture while the rod is…
Continue readingIn keeping with the exhibitionist-diary concept that is called “blog,” I’ll write something today even though I have nothing going on worth writing about. I am working on a switch for the large RBS (Rolling Ball Sculpture) and it’s giving me trouble. It’s not the kind of trouble…
Continue readingRolling Ball Sculpture I’ll need to post some photos soon. I’m working on a billiard ball rolling ball sculpture. It is about 4.5 feet tall and has a chain lift like a roller coaster. The cool feature of this sculpture is the authentic roller coaster look and feel….
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