Month: January, 2007
I have a small yard and no space that would work well for a composting bed, but I can certainly find room for the Green Cone. It is a covered system with a basket sunk into the ground to release the broken down food waste directly into your soil, the cone on top catches sunlight creating a nice warm environment for the bacteria to do it’s work. The cover also keeps in odors.
When it comes time to dispose of your slow and aging computer, you must ensure that all of your personal data has been removed from the hard drive. Just erasing and emptying the garbage bin won’t cut it. Identity theft is rampant and there’s no easier way to cull personal data than from their computer. If you decide to donate, sell, or give your computer to a friend you still need to take necessary precautions. Here are some tips for removing data and the step we like most involves a power drill.
My Aim Is True created this DIY Magnetic Poster Wall and includes tips on painting and which magnets work best.
Post Secrets is one of my greatest secrets (well at least it used to be). The blog posts scanned images of creatively crafted postcards mailed to the site’s administration. A new set of lies, betrayals, fears, desires and confessions is posted every Sunday.
The frost we experienced in California this last week is said to have destroyed three-quarters of the entire citrus crop, and upwards of a billion dollars in damage for farmers. And not to make fun of that, my garden is pretty trashed, too. Make that estimate a billion and one dollars, then.
For other gardeners here in the SF Bay Area, here is a tip on what to do now…
There are many resources available for learning how to patch holes in your drywall but the trickiest step is always getting the replacement piece to fit and stay in place without securing the patch to a stud behind the wall. Without support it is difficult to apply mud/spackle while keeping the surface smooth. The Rock-It Clip solves this dilemma and holds your drywall patch in place.
