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July 8th, 2015
09:47 am - Loose Screws
We've all got them. That collection of random leftover hardware from past projects, saved because "it will be useful someday". Well, that day is here!
Yesterday I repaired my bicycle with a screw that needed to be just the right diameter and length, and have an aggressive screw incline (no machine screws need apply). Saved myself the extra hour or so that running out to the hardware store would have cost me.
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September 25th, 2010
06:13 am - Days
Saturday:
Woke up way too early. Again. Was almost asleep again when my brain kicked into gear and all the thoughts swirling around in there wouldn't let me get back to sleep. Eventually,  persis kicked me out of bed to go deal with things, which I did for a bit. (During which time I found this LJ entry that somehow didn't get posted.) Then I realized just how nice it is outside & persis & I went & soaked in the hot tub for a bit. Now off to bed.
Friday:
Woke up way too early. Couldn't get back to sleep. After 30-40 minutes of laying there, got up and read email & LJ and did desk things for an hour, then was tired enough to go back to sleep. Woke up around 11:00. Made breakfast. Worked on innumerable little things at my desk, mostly involving those TCAN gigs and finally getting in touch with the headhunter who left a message a couple of days ago. Fixed up my resume to be a Word document & sent it out. Spent a bit of time in there trying to make order out of the chaos that is my room. Got out to work on the gutters really late and only had time to chop down a bunch of brambles and weeds that were in my way before dark hit. Then I quick got a shower - if there was poison ivy in that mess, I don't want to find out the hard way.
Thursday:
Worked on cleaning the gutters. Got as far as excavating the ladder from the garage (with help) and then working about halfway around the house. Also got a bunch of puttery things done. Got a call back from TCAN, asking me to light a bunch of their musical performances. I'll be lighting eleven over the course of October and November, in addition to the play there at the beginning of November. In the evening, aelscha came over to work with me on a lighting design for February.. We got nowhere near done, but at least we identified some of the equipment I need to reserve before it becomes unobtanium. Sent the email to reserve it.
Tomorrow:
I want to do the bit of gutter cleaning that involves working around the weeds before I get my shower. Then I need to go buy some Shoe Goo to fix my sneakers. Then it will be back to cleaning gutters. I'll be filling in as an audio tech at TCAN in the evening. Somewhen in there, I want to run all the dirty laundry through the washer and get my room organized. I should check in with that headhunter to see if he arranged the interview for me for Monday after work.
Sunday:
Rest up for the next week. Perhaps dancing in the afternoon?
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December 15th, 2008
09:30 am - Early Day
Woke up Way Too Early this morning. OTOH, I got to see a really pretty sunrise. (From my desk, while working on two projects at once.)
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July 12th, 2008
10:07 am - Paperback Bookshelves
I have three bookshelves up for grabs. They are not pretty, having been slapped together from unfinished boards cut at the lumberyard something over a decade ago. They are however, quite functional. Each is about six feet tall and 2.5 feet wide, with the depth and shelf spacing set for paperback books. They have backs, so books don't fall behind.
I can likely drop them off in the greater Boston area if I'm going to be near you. If I have to make a special trip for this, I'll want gas money.
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July 11th, 2008
08:46 pm - Padlocks
Found my cache of padlocks (too late for use in moving or storing my stuff). I think I want to keep them, but I'm willing to loan them out so my friends don't need to buy padlocks for short-term use.
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08:24 pm - Pretzel Jar!
One huge plastic pretzel jar up for grabs.
Just the thing for tossing your pennies or marbles into.
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July 10th, 2008
12:31 pm - Enlarger
I have a Bogen photographic enlarger up for grabs. It is mounted on a nice large piece of countertop material that was cut out for a sink. It has a carrier for 35mm film with it. Somewhere, I also have a carrier for 120/620 film that can be yours when I find it.
Also, I have other darkroom equipment that will come available as I unpack boxes.
[Edit: I can deliver this to locations in the greater Boston area, or other places you know I travel to, with appropriate advance planning.]
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12:22 pm - Conference Table
I have an 8-foot conference table in storage that needs to find a home. Its ends are rounded, but its sides are straight, so it is not quite an oval. It sits on a pair of square pedestals. Pressboard and veneer construction. It would make a fine dining, projects, or gaming table. Or, it could be used as a conference table again. (Not being solid wood (or glass & steel or somesuch) I imagine that Apple would turn its nose up at it, but a company that doesn't make 'image' its first priority would have no problem with it.) I would like it to go out on a 'semi-permanent loan' basis because I would like to have it back sometime in the distant future when I have room again, but this is negotiable as the current priority is getting it out of my storage place without throwing it out.
[Edit: I can deliver this to locations in the greater Boston area, or possibly to other places you know I travel to, with appropriate advance planning.]
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March 25th, 2008
05:03 pm - Fucking Spammers
Spammers, not content to send me crap that I don't want, have taken to forging mail to look like it is coming from my primary email account. For now, email to that account will bounce with a message that says 'unknown user'.
There are several possible responses to this. I've already implemented the two most obvious¹² without much in the way of positive results. I need to research more. I really don't have time for this crap. The candidate who declares open season on spammers gets my vote.
¹ Swearing at the spammers does not seem to have done me much good.
² While disabling my account has stopped the flood of bounce messages, it also stops legitimate email from reaching me.
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March 2nd, 2008
08:03 pm
I just had a thought for an alternate universe story that hasn't been done yet.
( What if...Collapse )
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