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Car Key FOB Remote – Broken Button Replacement Fix 30 Jan 2013 | 01:20 am
I’ve been SUPER happy with my Hyundai Elantra. I can’t believe it’s been over 12 years since I did my geeky car purchase calculations and bought it new! Unfortunately over the past year I’ve noticed ...
New Car – My Experience & Buying Tips 12 Nov 2012 | 11:55 pm
11 years ago I did what I never thought I’d do… I bought a new car. I wrote a blog post about my new car purchase calculator and how I made the decision on which car to buy. Well, I went through a si...
Cleaning Solar Panels II – Tools 28 Sep 2012 | 11:51 am
In my last post, Cleaning Solar Panels – Does it make much difference, I briefly mentioned the 11 foot telescoping squeegee that I used to clean my solar panels. Basically the device looked just lik...
Cleaning Solar Panels – Does it make much difference? 17 Jul 2012 | 04:23 am
As I posted a year ago we added solar power to our house. Well, I noticed that our panels have a bit of a dusty haze / layer on them (the joys of living on a dirt road). I’ve cleaned them many time...
Power Yard & Lawn Sweeper 17 Jul 2011 | 08:43 am
This is another great contribution from Ken. You can see his other creations, the Dirt Shaker & Power Barrow and the HomeMade Rotary Trommel Screen. He’s got an amazing gift and we’re glad he’s w...
How To Stop Forum Spam – Anti Spam Systems 11 Jan 2011 | 01:43 pm
As many of my site visitors know, I own/manage a handful of internet forums including: The Printer Forum (on this site) BackYardChickens.com TheEasyGarden.com SufficientSelf.com BackYardHerds.com...
Upside Down – Top Down Fire 4 Jan 2011 | 03:39 pm
Upside down fire? I know, it sounds crazy, but it really works GREAT!!! One of the community members on BYC posted a topic called “upside down fire building for wood heat“. I read through the thr...
i960 Waste Ink Tank Pad Replacement 28 Oct 2010 | 07:49 am
A while back one of our printer forum members submitted the article “Canon i960 Printer Cover & Base Removal”. Another one of our community members, wfmcg, replied that he had created a Canon i960 t...
Solar Power Installation California Bay Area – Part 2 25 Jul 2010 | 04:57 pm
This is the second part in my story of installing a solar photovoltaic system in the Northern California Bay Area. You can also read Part 1, Solar Panels / Energy. I figure the best way to organize ...
Solar Panels / Energy – Part 1 7 May 2010 | 04:54 pm
Part 1 of 2 of my decision process and subsequent installation of a solar energy system (see part 2, Solar Power Installation California Bay Area). VERY long story short: We’re getting a 3.9 kw (DC)...
