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Rocky Mountain Shipwrights

Because I don’t have enough hobbies, I went to a meeting today of the Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, which as the name suggests, …

Enterprise

It’s amazing how time and perspective make us appreciate things differently. Enterprise was certainly my least loved Star Trek series, largely because …

Maximum Defiant – The Devil in the Details «

Maximum Defiant – The Devil in the Details «. Wow, if you want to see some glory shots of the USS Defiant, …

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WordPress child themes

Here’s another WordPress thing I’m always looking up: creating child themes. If you’re not familiar with the concept, let me explain. The …

Convert favicons online

I occasionally have the need to create favicons—the 16×16 pixel image that appears in the address bar of your browser when you …

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Obama says no to Death Star

There are definitely benefits to having a nerd in the White House, as this response to a petition that the U.S. build …

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WordPress in a subdirectory

I’m finally being smart enough to use my own website as a place to keep notes. I am forever looking up the …

Making batteries for pennies

I really loved those grade school experiments like making crystal radios and making your own electric motor. This instructable is along the …

Paint mixer

Paint mixer, with two speeds

It’s just like a woman to use a vibrator to mix paints. Actually, this is my mother’s massager, which I inherited. I’ve …

Perfect Pizza

Well, perfect for me and my husband anyway, and maybe for you if you like a relatively thin, hard crust that’s a …