My Desultory Blog

RichC | August 7, 2018

I just love good ideas. Here is one that I grabbed off of an ad on my iPhone that uses the car door pillar “loop” to hold a machined aluminum hook attached to a step. The simple step is used to reach items strapped to a roof rack or car top carrier. It would be […]

Category: Archive, Automotive, Ideas, Misc | No Comments »
Tags: aluminum, innovation, step

RichC | July 22, 2018

I had fun digging out Katelyn and Taylor’s old Little Tikes swing that is both made in and  was used in Hudson, Ohio when we lived there … but the frustration part was having bought, then lost, a stainless steel nut for the cable clamp used in my set-up to attach the extension to the […]

Category: Ideas, Misc, Personal, Photos | No Comments »
Tags: annalyn, backyard, drew, family, frustration, hudson, katelyn, little tikes, michigan, ohio, oostra, project, swing

RichC | June 16, 2018

Frustration in tech land! Power out – now the cable modem or router won’t reboot properly! If you haven’t following along with my updating the progress on the Florida condo, I’ve been adding bits and pieces to “home automation” besides the normal “construction updates” to the kitchen (and eventually bathroom).  Most of it has been […]

Category: Ideas, Innovation, Personal, Raspberry Pi, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: automation, Cam, deebot, gadget, gadgets, home, nest, programming, raspberry pi, smartthings, wyze

RichC | June 8, 2018

We have a disliked old style medicine chest in the Florida condo and after the kitchen project is finished, Brenda and I wouldn’t mind updating the bathroom. We have picked out some floor tile (while looking at kitchen backsplash tiles) and intend to us a credit with IKEA for the new sink and cabinet. (BTW […]

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Tags: bathroom, condo1718, ideas, ikea, improvements, medicine cabinet, shelves