I split my storm paddle along one of the lamination glue joints. I glued the split with some Gorilla glue. Once dried, I machined a flat spot along the end of the blade and glued on a piece of teak wood. I used teak because I had some…
Continue readingI have been applying polyurethane or just plain urethane to a water ski. I’m not sure how to get a glass-like finish. Today, I’m going to buy some polishing compound and some cleaner/wax to see if I can smooth it out like glass using those items after sanding…
Continue readingJust had 9 stitches between my pinky and ring toe of my left foot. Ouch.
Continue readingBoat The boat is running. We spent the entire afternoon yesterday cleaning inside and out. A test drive showed no serious leaks and the drive train runs smoothly. The engine stalled a few times before it was warmed up. Rolling Ball Sculpture I am still working now and…
Continue readingtr { overflow: hidden; } is bad. It turns out that this simple CSS option causes rows cells that span rows to overwrite or hide content in the cells that they span. Unfortunately, I can’t create a simple example. The page where I saw this uses an external…
Continue readingI did a quick inspection of the boat last year and decided that the boot, or bellows, that surround the drive shaft has a hole in it. I also estimated that the bearings and u-joint on the shaft are all bad and need to be replaced. I also…
Continue readingI’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…
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