Just received the audience feedback from my 2010 HighEdWeb presentation and wanted to share. Thanks again to everyone who attended! Evaluation Summary Looks like I scored above average for both my track and the overall conference – nice! In fact, the numbers give me an average score of 6.52. This is higher then the 6.44 […]

The first set is from December. You may recognize that second one. These next photos were just taken on the 1st of February:

As someone who manages a bunch of wordpress installations, I can easily tell you the most frequently asked questions have to do with images: “how do I upload images” or “why is my image the wrong size/proportions”. There are detailed support pages available. But, it seemed like a good idea to put the basics here: […]

Oat Heaven GF Stout (aka ‘The Glütard’) Inspired by ryanbrews.blogspot.com 10# Oat malt (1.5 – 2 L) 1.5# Oat malt wet roasted to match Crystal 120 (120 L) 1.5# Oat malt dry roasted to match Chocolate Malt (350 L) 0.2# Oat malt dry roasted to match Roasted Barley (500-600 L) 1.5# Flaked Oats (perhaps more?) […]

Remember the spruce ale that I started at the end of November? Brew log Update About a week ago, I racked both carboys in preparation to bottle. However, the dry hopped version was still quite cloudy – so, it went into the fridge for a cold crash. Yesterday, I pulled it out of the fridge […]

With the bathroom somewhat reassembled, we decided to attack the upstairs: Now, this wasn’t just for fun… The upstairs has absolutely no insulation. Currently, with temperatures below freezing, you can see you breath. In a few hours, we had one of the bedrooms down. Here are some of the highlights: We did find a few […]

As a good friend recently told me: “Nothing like a deadline to get projects started” So with a baby on the way, we have decided to start tearing apart the house. First up? A vent fan for the bathroom Our downstairs bathroom (the only one with the shower), gets rather steamy. Lucky for us, there […]