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No Chalk at Your Gym? No Problem.
I am now in the dying days of two weeks off. I asked Google to define "vacation" for me. Here is what it came up with.va·ca·tion/vāˈkāSHən/Noun:An extended period of recreation, esp. one spent away...
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Goodbye to My Best Friend
I type this and my heart is broken: My Lovely Wife and I are mourning the loss of our dear dog, Abby.I wrote a post back in June about how we had a lump removed her abdomen. We learned a short time...
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Two Weeks...
I said goodbye to my best friend two weeks ago tonight. At this time fourteen days ago, My Lovely Wife, Abby, and I were on our way to the Vet clinic on what would be the last truck ride of her life....
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You Don't Find The Dog, The Dog Finds You
Followers of my blog will know that we lost our faithful dog, Abby, in early August. In my last post I talked a bit about our progress in finding another dog to fill the void she left behind, and how...
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The Graduate
It has been a little more than a month since we brought our new dog Buddy into our home. And like anyone bringing a new puppy into their home, we've had quite a ride so far. My favorite story about...
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Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Thanks to this gig I have called “work”, I am called upon from time to travel on the company nickel. I am in the middle of one of these stints now. Mexico City has been my home away from home for...
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Making A MESS
I loved video games growing up. Pacman and Donkey Kong reigned supreme with the general populace, but for me it was Defender that grabbed me hardest and wouldn't let go. I remember once having a...
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2012: The Year That Was
Today is the first day of 2013. I sit at my kitchen table in front of my laptop with a compile of MESS going in the background. Like many people today, I sit here finding myself thinking back over...
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2013: The Year That Will Be
In the novel Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon with an IQ of 68 is selected to have an operation to increase his intelligence following a similar surgery on a laboratory...
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Happy Birthday, Buddy Boy
Around April 1st, our dog Buddy turned a year old. I say "around" because we're not exactly sure when his birthday is. He is a rescue dog, and it turns out he is lucky to have gotten as far as he...
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Dead End
It is springtime here at Mad Scientist Labs, though you would never know it. Mother Nature has decided to totally screw us out of our spring. Snow still covers most of our yard. I took Buddy for a...
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Gas Problems
I have been having some gas problems lately.No, not this kind of gas, though that would actually be a lot funnier. Maybe I need to back up a bit.I have been playing around with the idea for a new...
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Dog Days of Summer No More
Back when my Lovely Wife and I first married, we bought ourselves a nice starter home in the city. It was great, with friendly neighbors, a good sized yard, and lots of trees. I love a nice tree.The...
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More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
I know what you're thinking: "DeKay hasn't posted in a while. Maybe he's dead?" Fear not. For while the frequency of my posting has dropped, I remain very much alive. I've just been a little busy...
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For Our Dogster Friends
Update February 11th: Monster Speedup and Experimental Photobucket RulesOne thing that has become quickly apparent is that HTTrack can be ridiculously slow especially on bigger pages. I have found a...
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Build Your Own Davis Weather Station Console!!!
This Davis weather station hacking stuff is addictive like crack cocaine is addictive. I always seem to be taking another hit from the pipe. I've figured out how to get into the Davis console's...
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Diablo Bread, The Bread of the Devil
I first blogged about bread around three years ago. I look back at that post discussing my tips and tricks for Tartine bread and it makes me cringe. What I thought was a good loaf of bread back then...
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I Want To See Violet
One of my earliest memories is standing in front of My Wonderful Mom as a young lad proclaiming how much I loved the purple and white pants I was wearing. They were so cool. They were the best....
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No Pressure - I Got This
Earlier this year, My Lovely Wife and I enjoyed a visit from My Evil Brother-In-Law, who also just so happens to work for Environment Canada. Naturally he was interested in my Davis Weather Station...
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Wifi on the BeagleBone Black with Systemd
Unlike most of my posts on this blog, the title of this post is neither clever nor funny. I'm feeling serious today. Why? I have a Rev B BeagleBone Black (BBB) and I have a love / hate relationship...
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So I go to all the trouble to write up a nice long blog post on how to get wifi going on the BeagleBone Black and what happens? The 'Bone bites me in the ass, reinforcing the latter part of our Love /...
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How To Make A Sandwich
The Lowly Sandwich. For too long, the Sandwich did not get the respect nor the attention it deserved. Then two things happened. First, "Sandwich" (and the closely related "Sammich") became a meme. I...
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Teardown and Repair of a Panasonic DMC-ZS40 / TZ60 Digital Camera
UPDATE 2015-08-30: I have found out that many of my pictures have been blurry ever since I tore this thing apart. I don't know why yet, but it probably is a result of my spinning the lug down a bit on...
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The Making of the Perfect Puffed Wheat Square
Ask me. Go ahead. Ask me."DeKay, you say you know how to make the Perfect Puffed Wheat Square, but just what is a Puffed Wheat Square anyway?"Glad you asked. Webster's Dictionary defines "Puffed...
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Time To Make The Doughnuts
Growing up, My Wonderful Mom would make doughnuts. I don't mean doughnuts. I mean doughnuts. These deep fried delicacies were the stuff of legend amongst friends and family. Quoting from a recent...
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