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Maintaining A House: April 2011
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Sunday, April 10, 2011. How to Dispose of a Mercury Thermometer. I just replaced a mercury-based thermostat in my house. Mercury is common in older, non-digital thermostats. Mine is Honeywell and is made in the shape of a circle. The mercury is in a small glass tube with three wires attached. Mercury can be quite dangerous. From what I've read, most local governments will accept mercury-based thermostats for disposal like Natick. Monday, April 4, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Finished my PhD at MIT.
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Maintaining A House: June 2010
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Sunday, June 20, 2010. Which is also a CR. Best buy; Note: link is to "Ultra") and told me to try it out. He helped me get up on the roof and I tried it out. Sure enough, it did a fabulous job of blowing out leaves, sticks and gunk from the gutter. Some of the piles of gunk were so thick and heavy, I didn't think a blower could clear them out, but this one had little trouble. As if to test out my work, less than an hour later, a thunderstorm rolled through around 5pm. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Apparently, ...
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Web Quirks: April 2011
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Monday, April 25, 2011. How To Get Around The New York Times Paywall. The New York Times. Will now allow you to see a limited number of articles (20? Before "enforcing" a paywall, showing you a preview of each article and pointing you toward a subscription page. But, this paywall is about as leaky as a BP blowout preventer. Search for the title of the article on Google News. Click the first link, and, voila! Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Rewriting the Envelope "From" Address. The web server was using. But post...
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Web Quirks: September 2010
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Friday, September 17, 2010. I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04. 532 Not long after upgrading, I noticed that transactions in my stock tracking program were no longer sorting correctly. At first, I thought the sort function,. Might have subtly changed. But, no, the manual didn't mention anything, and the manual and comment examples appeared to line-up with my code nicely. Next, I checked the apache error log where I got my first clue as to the madness I was about to uncover:. I was using a. View my compl...
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Foosball Quirks: July 2010
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Thursday, July 1, 2010. How to install a Tornado rod. A group of us at ITA Software. Chipped-in to buy a Tornado Elite. It has been a tremendous improvement over our old Harvard table, but it hasn't been without its own issues. In particular, we've had a recurring problem of bent rods and flaking chrome. We're still under the 1-year warranty, so Valley-Dynamo. Removing the old rod. Bang out the man roll pins using the punch; abut the square wood block with the man you're working on for support. Use the h...
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Web Quirks: $GLOBALS or global?
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Friday, September 17, 2010. I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04. 532 Not long after upgrading, I noticed that transactions in my stock tracking program were no longer sorting correctly. At first, I thought the sort function,. Might have subtly changed. But, no, the manual didn't mention anything, and the manual and comment examples appeared to line-up with my code nicely. Next, I checked the apache error log where I got my first clue as to the madness I was about to uncover:. I was using a. Stil results ...
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Foosball Quirks: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Learning How to Play. Foosball.com has some excellent articles on how to play foosball! Guide for Beginners and Intermediates. What to practice and focus on in order to improve your game. An easy-to-learn pass, good against beginner/intermediate players. The essential pass; effective against intermediate/advanced players. Passing and shooting skills are worthless if you can't catch. Games are won and lost by the ability to control loose balls. How to improve a Snake Shot.