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  • Happy Fathers Day 2012

    I am publishing this on the desktop, a Dell Vostro. I set plum-line as the home page and noticed the ancient age of the last blog, I guess I am not really up to snuff on this blogging thing… One week left then we go to Mexico (Ensenada) for a week long mission trip, lots […]

  • The evil Internet

    Well, I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later, but our Dreamhost accounts have been compromised by some nefarious creatures. It will take some time to figure out and fix the damage. But as they say, we have our best men working on it.

  • Knitting needles

    My latest shop project is a set of circular knitting needles for my wife. I turned the kneedles from a bit of bamboo that I ripped down to a small piece. After smoothing the ends, I attached flexible plastic to the ends with a little nail (head cut off) and superglue. The kneedles are a […]

  • The chickens will come to roost

    At long last I have completed the nesting box for the chicken coop, the last step to make their lives complete. It took me a while to get back at it, but now it is done, and it is nice.  It hangs off a slanted board that holds it tight to the wall and has […]

  • WordPress upgrade

    I love Dreamhost, it makes it so easy to upgrade your website software, just a few clicks and off you go. I put off upgrading wordpress out of irrational fear that it would break something. Now I have taken the plunge and am excited to see what new templates are available on the new installation.

  • Fencing

    Today we began the fence project on the East side of the Yard. We cut down and chipped the forsithia, and lots of blackberries, ouch! I don’t think I have been stuck by that many thorns in a long time. Then I removed sections of the old metal fencing. As I was crouching to cut […]

  • Brave new world

    It is a marvelous thing to talk with both my sons on ooVoo at the same time and work on web page design and hosting. Perhaps a little confusing at times, and it works much better if we all use headphones so we don’t hear echos of our own conversations. It seems almost like star […]

  • Chicken Coop

    My next project has been decided… we need a new chicken coop to house the chickens which should be arriving tomorrow. I got my practice in with the doghouse, which I built according to a plan that I got on the internet. Next I will have to find a suitable plan or modify one to […]

  • New widget

    I have added a new widget to the blog page, thanks to my son Zach, so that I can keep track of my progress on updating my web page. It will be a good visual reminder to me on my progress or lack thereof.

  • New chipper

    I went down to Puyallup to pick up a new Jimna Chipper to put on the John Deere. It will chip up larger branches than my old shredder. Now I have no fear of the piles of brush that get generated when I take down trees for my projects. It is really quiet!

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