Everything Nifty – From Chickens & Gardening to Printers & Technology
When my wife and I were thinking about getting chickens one of our concerns was how difficult it would be to care for them. I’ve got friends who completely “baby” their chickens (e.g. chicken diapers, baths, cleaning their watering dishes daily with bleach, etc.). I’ve also got friends who barely even deal with their Read More …
5/24/05 An hour ago my wife and I decided to go outside to see how our girl was doing. I was horrified to see a broken egg in front of the nest. It looked like something had torn its way into the egg… but wait a minute, maybe I’m wrong. I gently lifted up my Read More …
DISCLAIMER: This is one of those refill-a-hollic type things that is done for FUN more than to save money, so don’t ask “Why don’t you just buy a new pen?” I’ve been using my inkjet printer ink to refill my rolling ball pens for a while and have had mixed success, but for the most Read More …
5/4/05 She’s still in the nest this morning. Chel told me that the eggs, even if they are a few days old, won’t start to develop until they have a hen sitting on them. This is good because we are going on a little trip and don’t want to miss the big day! I heard Read More …
I put a lot of faith in “Consumer Reports Magazine”… that is until I read an article about non-OEM third party ink and cartridges. Long story short, the “report” said that it wasn’t worth the money to venture into off brand inks and cartridges. The main reasons they site for avoiding 3rd party inks are Read More …
SATURDAY 12/11/04 Picked up our first 5 chicks from a friend. They are half RIR and half Australorp and are 3 weeks old. Hens or Roosters… we just don’t know. Here is a picture of the parent chicks and Alana with the chicks (she’s so happy). A video of Alana sharing her Cheerios with Read More …
This was actually one of the first LED conversions that I did, but I never posted it because I’ve been wanting to re-do it to make it nice and pretty. The problem is that it works so well that I haven’t been pressed to make any changes. This being the case I’m posting the modification Read More …
In addition to the LED tap lights I’ve made, I’ve also received requests for some custom LED lighting applications. I usually use bright white LEDs or the bright blue LEDs for these projects but have many other colors to choose from. For most of these applications a very special circuit was designed to run the Read More …
It has been generally accepted that it is difficult to refill Canon carts more than 5-10 times because they stop providing a reliable ink supply when they have been refilled too many times. There are several theories to explain why these cart carts “clogâ€, but the explanation that seems to make the most sense is Read More …
Web Hosting Thoughts I’ve had a bit of experience with a plethora of web hosting companies over the years and thought I’d post some of my thoughts and experiences over the years. Speaking of “a plethora of web hosting companies” here are the ones I’ve dealt with over the years (that I can remember) in Read More …