This weekend, I constructed a trellis for some new grapes in the garden.  It is locked onto the garden beds and seems to be fairly secure. The top cross bars are scraps of new wood, but the posts are twice-recycled. All the details are listed below: This wood started as a pallet. Then, we notched […]

We had a big party this weekend and lots of people brought meat to throw on the grill. As a vegetarian, I also love to grill – we had zucchini, asparagus, sweet potato and other great veggies. Sometimes though, you just want a burger. Now, garden burgers are fine – in fact – we had […]

Until last week, I was happily using a first generation iPhone. Sure the network and software was a bit slow, but I’m from a generation that cut our teeth on dial-up modems and BBS’s (EEEEEEEE-CHHHCHHCHHHCGHGHGH). Who cares if it takes a few extra seconds to load BoingBoing while riding on the bus? However, there was […]

This is just a quick update of the garden situation. See the previous post here. Done: Ground leveled Ditches dug and filled Sprinkler and electricity in place Cedar box rails (2×8 + 2×4) in place and staked To Do: Till all this mud to mix with new soil Fill with soil Add 2×4 caps (you […]

Last Friday was bike to national bike to work day. I did take the tall bike down to the convention center, where I was attending a conference, but it wasn’t really “to work”. In fact, since the move last month, I haven’t manage to ride the full route… We now live on the opposite end […]

We have been in our new home just over a month, and the time seemed right for a little destruction. To the right you will see my lovely, partner with her new, favorite toy: a Bobcat Mini Track Loader with the largest trenching attachment that we could rent. It is a rental from Portland Rent-All […]

Well this is embarrassing … I was going through the unpublished drafts on my blog and realized that I never posted anything about the wedding. Which happened last July! Sure, everyone who got an invitation knows about wedding.nagmay.com, but it still seems like I should have a reference here. + I just uploaded the official […]

You might have noticed that we like to brew up some beer from time to time. One of the more expensive ingredients for home brew is hops (Humulus lupulus). It is added for the bitter and aroma qualities that help to offset the malty/sweet flavors that form during the brewing process. Without it, beer would […]

I was just on the phone with my brother talking about my recent bike crash and he had a great idea: Automagic Bike Camera Imagine a small box (size of a small cell phone) strapped to your handle bars. Inside, it simply contains a small flash, camera(s) and a battery. The camera is triggered be […]

Now that the offer has been accepted, I feel comfortable uploading the fuzzy photos that we took during the walk-through: