Three weekends ago my new Nest thermostat arrived. Its announcement a couple months back generated a lot of interest (see this NY Times review for a sample), and definitely piqued my interest, too. As soon as I heard about it, I knew that I had to have one.[...]
Archive for the ‘Handyman’ Category
July 28th, 2011 - 7:51 am § in Handyman
Homemade Bike Rack
I just realized that I haven’t posted much here at all this year. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been up to my usual laundry list of projects, though—just that I haven’t seen fit to write them up. So, in case you need a quick fix, here’s a link to a simple[...]
iPhone Tripod Mount
A simple little project to make a tripod mount for my iPhone out of some household hardware.[...]
October 14th, 2010 - 10:14 pm § in Handyman
Some Pictures
Some pictures that I really should have included in the last post, but didn’t because they hadn’t yet been downloaded to my computer.[...]
October 7th, 2010 - 8:54 pm § in Handyman
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
A long and pointless itemization of my various projects from this past summer. Written with flair, this could make you feel your inadequacy. Fortunately for you, however, this post was written with as little flair as humanly possible.[...]
September 27th, 2010 - 9:05 pm § in Handyman
Even More Mice
Another installation in my never-ending battle with the murine army.[...]
April 26th, 2010 - 8:20 pm § in Handyman
My Latest Project
The Bantha was out of commission for a few weeks this spring while I tackled a few wiring projects.[...]
December 20th, 2009 - 11:24 pm § in Handyman
A Little Carpentry Project
My birthday gift to my daughter: child-sized horse jumps of my own design.[...]
October 30th, 2009 - 10:01 pm § in Handyman
I Hates Meeces to Pieces
I consider myself to be a fairly tolerant person. But there’s one thing that I won’t tolerate: mice in my truck.[...]