Here is the latest landscaping addition to the new digs.
A nice, cozy place to sit and stare at the wall.
No, wait. I think you are supposed to face the other way.
Happy Easter, everybody.
I have made a new painting with thoughts of showing it this Spring. It is a painting of an old bottle with some rocks in it. This bottle has nothing to do with Manhattans, even though it is on the rocks. Here is a thumbnail of it:
To see the whole thing, check it out on my web page by clicking on, http://www.thekimerers.com/brian/art/oldbottlewithrocks.shtml
Wadda ya think? Show? No show? Go back to the Manhattans?
Yes. Much better. Cheers.
Hmmm. Tastes a bit like crabgrass.
We have triffids. They are everywhere.
This morning I went out and procured some new glassware to enhance our collection. I set the new glasses down by the sink for washing, and went away for an hour or so. When I came back, this is what I found.
Be afraid.
Our new table for the stereo has arrived. We set it up in the living room and put our old stereo equipment on it. The table is a beauty, custom made in New Hampshire by Dan Klardie Mfg.
The remotes and instructions go in the drawers and out of sight.
How old is the stereo? We bought the CD player and receiver in 1995. The speakers are Heathkit speakers that I built in 1970. And the rabbit ears that are in use for the FM antenna…. well… those used to be our TV antenna, but we could only get “Leave It To Beaver” reruns using them, so they have been demoted to radio work.
Dan Klardie custom made furniture is available from Certainly Wood, the same place we bought our bookcases.
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This old computer was dying again, so we had to do some major surgery on it. We replaced the old Mother Board (MOBO), the part on which all the other parts are mounted, with a new one. Here is a post-mortem portrait of the old MOBO.
The round thing next to it is the old ( broken ) heat sink, which broke when we put it on that board because the holes in the MOBO were not in the right place. Also, the thermal sensor did not work, the RJ-45 internet connection had stopped working, and the SATA disk ports were throwing errors causing the computer to stop working at random times.
Hint: Note the logo, and stay a way from Foxconn parts.
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We replaced it with an Asus MOBO, which appears to be working fine.
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Aren’t you glad you asked?
I guess my previous, cocky post jinxed the weather. Oh well, the Augernaut finally had an opportunity for some action.
It started on one pull, and went right out of the garage into the … um…. “snow”…. er.. dusting.
Yowza!
The only problem was that it was all over in 10 minutes. I think we are using a sledge hammer to drive a tack.
It is January 15… the middle of January in New England… and we have had no measurable snow so far. You can thank the Augernaut for that.
It is sitting in the garage, brand new, pristine clean, pining away.
I guess we are not the only ones who had a great Christmas. The local squirrels seem to have done OK for themselves as well. Look at this porker!
That guy needs an emergency New Years Resolution fer sure.
