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How-To: Strive for practice
I’m not one for pep talks. I’m not particularly inspirational. Most people tell me I’m a bit (too) honest. Sure, I can be an ace blunt. For starters, I don’t want to give people false hopes that some...
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How-To: Ditch Cable and Watch TV Online
My first television was a 13″ hand-me-down B&W with UHF/VHF dials and a Jerry-rigged antenna made from a safety pin, some wire, and a clothes hanger. A few years later, I picked up a 19″ color TV...
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How-To: DIY Dog Kennels
Question: What do you get when you mix a pregnant wife, two dogs, and an ultimatum? Answer: A rocking DIY project. With a baby on the way, my wife and I had several long discussions about our dogs. In...
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How-To: Fix WordPress Missed Schedule Error
WordPress has been solid for me for going on 3 years. The other day, for no apparent reason, my scheduled post called in sick. The only message it left was “Missed Schedule.” Um, what? A bit of...
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How-To: Replace an Oven Heating Element
So the other night my wife had a couple of friends over and decided to make homemade pizza. After stuffing our faces with soup my wife moved on to prepping the pizzas. Within seconds she called my...
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How-To: Make homemade butt paste
As if babies don’t scream and cry enough, wait until your kid gets a bad case of diaper rash. Common among babies between 4 and 15 months, diaper rash is caused by infection with a yeast or fungus...
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How-To: Make a trekking pole from a branch
On my last backpacking trip, as I made my way to Cold Mountain one of my aluminum Black Diamond trekking poles snapped. The cause baffled me. I planted the pole in the mud, leaned forward, and as I...
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How-To: Make the Perfect Greeting Card
Trying to find the perfect greeting card is a pain in the hemorrhoidal area of your ace. You’ve got to stand in the greeting card aisle looking at card after card with all the other losers trying to...
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How-To: Disable Jetpack Open Graph
Jetpack is a powerful WordPress plugin with a Swiss Army Knife set of features. Its latest release added Publicize which provides a means to connect a WordPress site to popular social networks and...
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How-To: GeoTrax Trolley Mod
Modified GeoTrax Trolley A couple of Christmases ago, my wife and I bought our son a Fisher Price GeoTrax train set. It came with a train, a bunch of tracks, and a 3-piece table. Since then we’ve...
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How-To: Build a fire pit
I’ve had a fire pit for some time now. It’s functional, portable, and I can burn wood inside of it. The truth is, I wanted something more permanent. I hit the Internet, talked to a few landscaping...
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