Category Archives: Home Project

Running the gamut between fixing the computer and installing a toilet.

Weekend Goal: New Closet Accoutrements

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Bill Ruhsam

Today’s and tomorrow’s job will be to replace the closet shelves that were so helpfully destroyed by Apollo. There used to be a number of shelves, hanging clothes, sweaters, etc. in that empty space. The closet shelves were probably a … Continue reading →

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Minty Boost

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

I ran into a bit of an issue at Dragon*Con; my phone refused to survive long enough for any useful activity. I have an HTC Evo 4G, with a notoriously short battery life. I purchased it a little over a … Continue reading →

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Dead Electronics

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Our CD player is dead. Long live the digital media player. Our 400 disc changer seems to have given up the ghost this evening. I pushed PLAY on random when I got home because I was too lazy to go … Continue reading →

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Sewing Machine Problem

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

We have a problem. Our problem is this: This is a Singer Model 347, built in the sixties (it looks like) and it seems to be a sewing machine that can do what we need. However, it has exactly three … Continue reading →

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Weekend Project

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

I had a very brief weekend project which I finally took care of, because I happened to be going to Home Depot and could pick up the wood. I built THIS! I’m no carpenter, but my father did teach me … Continue reading →

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Network Storage

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Bill Ruhsam

The conversion to Network Storage and automatic data duplication continues. For a while now, Jenn and I have been (manually) backing up our computers to an external hard drive using a movable SATA plug in. Two of these HDDs have … Continue reading →

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Fun Holiday Weekend!

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Bill Ruhsam

In case it hasn’t been explicitly published, Jenn and I are putting our house on the market. Reasons are various but the main one is that we want to live closer in to town. We’re thinking Decatur, Oakbrook, Kirkwood, East … Continue reading →

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Ridding House of Crap, Part XXIV

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Bill Ruhsam

I’ve had some computers and associated peripherals lying around for a long time. One of these computers has moved from NY to TX to TX to GA to GA and will never again be moved unless that move is to … Continue reading →

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Tradition!

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

It’s a tradition when you’ve done it twice, right? In this case, my new tradition is to count, stack, and wrap the coins that have accumulated in my presence. The last time I did this was when we had just … Continue reading →

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Well Begun, Half Done

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

Something must have happened today while I was at work because this is the view outside my window. As I mentioned on twitter, it rained hard today, so I’m surprised they found time to do any work at all. At … Continue reading →

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