Monthly Archives: June 2007

Travel picture not looking great

2007-06-29 – 10:20

I’m flying to Baltimore this evening via Charlotte, and I’m a bit cynical about the trip — I’m still 7 hours from take-off and the flight is already listed as 8 minutes late.
Update: My flight left Charlotte about forty minutes late, and we arrived in Baltimore less than half an hour late. Flying isn’t [...]

By frank | Posted in Travel | Comments (0)

Mulch mostly migrated

2007-06-26 – 21:27

Well, nearly. What’s left of the monster mulch pile is almost small enough amount to fit in my car. Not the hatch-back portion, mind you, but the entire car. Considering it started out as wide as our driveway, as well as longer and taller than our minivan, I hesitate even to call this small remnant [...]

By frank | Posted in General | Comments (0)

meta-blogging

2007-06-23 – 09:12

Succinct, easy-to-follow directions on using diff and patch to upgrade Wordpress.

By frank | Posted in Geek | Comments (0)

Not so worried about the AC now, let’s talk about mulch

2007-06-20 – 19:57

Three days after installing the vent down-stream from the trap in the drain pipe for our upstairs air handler, the whole thing appears to be working exactly like it’s supposed to! There’s a slow, steady drip at the outside end of the drain pipe, and the secondary drain pan is actually bone dry for the [...]

By frank | Posted in D.I.Y., General | Comments (0)

The AC Saga

2007-06-18 – 21:08

The saga with our air conditioner has continued since my last post on the matter. One of the few disadvantages of growing up as an “Army brat” is that most of my formative years were spent living in apartment-style housing, where any D.I.Y. I may have learned to fix things that went wrong consisted of [...]

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