Charlie finds a fawn

By Jim, on May 25th, 2012%

Charlie found another fawn on our walk this morning. This is the neighbor’s fence, just across the street from our place.

Tuesday, he found one out by the compost pile in the back yard. I didn’t have him on the leash that time, although I was walking around the yard with him. . . . → Read More: Charlie finds a fawn

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Zero turn radius lawn mower

By Jim, on May 21st, 2012%

My lawn tractor died a couple of weeks ago. Engine ran out of oil and seized up. No, I didn’t forget to add oil. A seal broke while I was mowing, oil leaked out, and … no more engine. The thing lasted almost 17 years, so I’m not terribly upset. I certainly got my money’s . . . → Read More: Zero turn radius lawn mower

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Don’t depend on what you don’t control

By Jim, on May 8th, 2012%

Let’s say that you have a particular task in your program that is executed as the result of an external signal, but you don’t want the task to execute more often than once per second. This is different from a periodic task that you want to execute once per second. This one, you don’t want . . . → Read More: Don’t depend on what you don’t control

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New mesquite spoon

By Jim, on May 7th, 2012%

I’d go crazy if all I carved was those little birds. I’m up to 40 different types of wood now, and am still on track to make 100 by the end of the year.

I wanted to make a spoon a few weeks back, and ended up carving this one. Then I got involved in . . . → Read More: New mesquite spoon

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