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The Pipe and Grumble: October 2012

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Sunday, October 21, 2012. European Versus American Paper Sizes. Saturday, October 20, 2012. Who knew there was so much to know about springs? Friday, October 19, 2012. He's handsome. But does he look too good to eat? That is the question. If only the bastard wasn't so damned friendly. Friday, October 12, 2012. The original scan. Digital noise from the scanner was quite apparent at 1200 dpi. Adjusted to a more Internet friendly resolution. Blurred to reduce the noise. Introducing a little of my own noise.

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The Pipe and Grumble: January 2013

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Monday, January 28, 2013. Overnight Coal Fire Success. And if I had one of these, I could stay warm forever! Sunday, January 27, 2013. Burning Coal in a Franklin Stove. It turns out this little Franklin stove burns coal pretty well. Ain’t nobody got time for that. No concern about that here. It’ll be something I’ll do in moderation. Like smoking. In here when we come home. But that’s okay. We’re New Englanders. Saturday, January 26, 2013. Things got a little dicey when I made it down to the canal. Th...

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The Pipe and Grumble: August 2012

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Thursday, August 30, 2012. Read An Island to Oneself. My recent thoughts on quiet and solitude have more than a little to do with this book I finished recently, An Island to Oneself. This Tom Neale fellow, he spent 16 years of his life as the only man on an isolated atoll of the Cook Islands, over 200 miles from the nearest human beings. Years would go by between visitors. And he chose. But Neale said, "I live here. I wonder if a man could do such a thing today. Neale certainly didn't own the island,...

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The Pipe and Grumble: April 2013

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Monday, April 29, 2013. Valentina Lisitsa plays Rachmaninoff Sonata No 1. The fluidity, the strength, the precision of those hands. It's as if a tornado passed through a field and erected a cathedral. And to think that this morning I never even heard of this pianist. There are days that I absolutely love the Internet. Typewriter Sighting at the Center of the Tardis. Anyone else catch the treasure in the latest episode of Doctor Who: Journey to the Center of the Tardis? Friday, April 26, 2013. So, with th...

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The Pipe and Grumble: Hard Drive Replacement in Macbook Pro

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Friday, May 10, 2013. Hard Drive Replacement in Macbook Pro. This is disingenuous on too many levels to count. I know she makes her living by selling services- why be timid about it? Anyway, I love pulling apart computer hardware and sometimes I’m even able to put it back together. And I've replaced a couple of hard drives in my time. So I took her computer home with the promise that I'd have a look at it, and wouldn't break anything I wasn't confident I couldn't fix. And what's wrong with a Phillips?

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The Pipe and Grumble: June 2013

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013. I Don’t Understand People: Exercise Edition. So much lovely scenery and fresh air. I ended up feeling energized, relaxed, and a little euphoric. And behold: up there on the second floor, in front of some plate-glass windows overlooking this sprawling parking lot, there was a line of treadmills occupied by folks pounding over empty miles and standing in one place. Even stranger, the corner of that parking lot contained the entrance to the trail I’d. Fitness is not why I run.

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The Pipe and Grumble: March 2013

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Balmorhea: Traditional Instruments making Ambient Music. Is another gem of a band I stumbled upon thanks to that massive torrent of music. Made available by the South by Southwest folks. I like playing minimalist/ambient music when I’m working on other things. Unique harmonies can set a mood and simple melodies can enhance it; without too much to distract and especially without words, music can be one of the best mind-altering cognitive enhancers there is. Monday, March 18, 2013.

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The Pipe and Grumble: November 2012

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Friday, November 16, 2012. Running Wired and Wireless. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The word count's up around 7800, all pounded out on the Royal KHM which has been obliging me by chugging on at near-Selectric speeds with only the occasion key jam and skipped space. It's gratifying to spend so much time with a single machine and have its performance rise to meet my needs. The first line of dialog in the novel is this:. It's going to get a lot scarier than that, I promise.

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The Pipe and Grumble: I Don’t Understand People: Exercise Edition

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013. I Don’t Understand People: Exercise Edition. So much lovely scenery and fresh air. I ended up feeling energized, relaxed, and a little euphoric. And behold: up there on the second floor, in front of some plate-glass windows overlooking this sprawling parking lot, there was a line of treadmills occupied by folks pounding over empty miles and standing in one place. Even stranger, the corner of that parking lot contained the entrance to the trail I’d. Fitness is not why I run. Theyre...

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The Pipe and Grumble: Loading Zone

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Monday, August 12, 2013. I like the colors, contrasts, and angles of this loading zone, like an interrupted lesson in perspective…. And the retro-technical implications of this water-meter complex, begrudgingly counting flow. Grey clapboard and concrete cannot hold back such a brilliant sky. Nor can the symphony of these angles delay the onslaught of light and time. Sometimes all we can do is wait. Even if the spaces were not built for us and do not want to hold us. Labels: art and photography. Musical F...