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software engineers shouldn't use soldiering irons...

After a brief hiatus of 15 years, I picked up a new soldiering iron and I am actually building hardware again. I’m slowly rebuilding my lab from scratch.  The new house is going to come in handy because I actually want space for a workbench and some decent magnifying glasses, and the usual crap.

As [...]

house update

In other news (tree death day), it’s time to update the house to-do list:

electrical: done
roofing: done
heating: done
arborist: hired and in progress
carpentry: install attic stairs
painting: in progress
decorating: decided to do it myself

tree death day

Not a good day to be a tree in my life.

Last night, around midnight, this happened… it sounded like an explosion out back.

I had just called the dogs in 5 second earlier, they were going nuts, guess they knew the tree was giving way.

Tree guy came out this morning, then pointed at the tree out [...]

house update

Almost six months have past and the list looks almost the same, but strangely enough, much has happened under the covers. New heating ducts and a furnace, rebuilt and insulated attic, deck rebuilt, new roof going on next week, plumbing fixed.

Todo:

electrical: ground/replace parlor outlet, add office outlet, add tv wall outlet (tomorrow)
roofing: new tar [...]

new house in the city

I finally bought the farm, or in this case, the town house.

We are now the proud owners of a 125 year old Victorian near Duboce Park.

This time, I really want to do things right, so if you can personally reccomend an outstanding interior designer, please let me know. I’m looking for an eclectic theme, [...]