I have been on a bit of an Apple kick lately. I have had iPods for years, and a couple years ago I jumped to the iPhone. I have had a Mac Mini that I use at work for a couple years too. I am fairly agnostic when it comes to platforms and Operating Systems. [...]
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Around here I am up to my neck-erchief in Scout “stuff”. I am definately over my 1 hour per week quota. Even if you average out the couple of weeks that I have not done anything related to Scouts. But honestly – I would not trade the time spent with my sons for anything. This time [...]
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In went the cup of water for tea and pop went the fuse. So I replaced it. But then it popped again. A pattern was emerging. It seemed to me, and my wife, that it only happened when opening or closing the microwave door. Since this was a built-in with a rather expensive trim kit [...]
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Turns out this blog, and My weather station were only mostly dead. So here I post… My weather station is back online. About a week ago, a friend of our neighbor was over and he just happened to be one of the senior meteorologists for the NWS in the Bay Area. Speaking with him was [...]
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Welcome to Solar Bugs. This site actually began back in 1999 with a project to install solar panels on my home. The site has changed many times since then. It has been through numerous server crashes and hosting company changes. Maybe someday I will put Humpty Dumpty back together again. But these days most my [...]
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