Monthly Archives: November 2012

Technology comes, technology goes.

This Odd House has been standing for over a hundred years.  Its walls have been painted, covered, remodeled, and rearranged.  They hide a history of technology evolution.  As we open them up for this round of renovation, we can piece … Continue reading

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Renovation Hazards

A disturbing episode happened last night.  A neighbor came to the door to say that there was a fire in my driveway, did I know about it?  I was shocked, and rushed out to see that the construction debris, accumulated … Continue reading

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Windows 2.0

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The windows in This Odd House have a long history.   I have been able to piece together parts of it.  And now I am about to become a part of their history. The building started out as a store with … Continue reading

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Fishing Cable

A while back I was suffering from a crippled connection to the internet.  The Comcast technician came to figure it out.  Hours later, after re-wiring from the pole to the basement, bypassing the nest of previous cables and splitters, and … Continue reading

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To draw a bath, the continuing saga

The Jacuzzi technicians had fixed the leak by converting the drip behind the tub into a drip into the tub.  Now all that was needed was to fix the leaking faucet handles, a task every homeowner has encountered in their … Continue reading

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To draw a bath, part 2, continued.

The drip behind the Jacuzzi had been diagnosed and the remedy required pulling the tub out temporarily to replace some plumbing underneath it.  The spa winterizing season had consumed all available resources from the company that does such work, so … Continue reading

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