From experience, I do know that younggist children in the U.S. (often farm kids — or commercial fisherman kids) were responsible for home chores, pitched in with caring for their siblings … and over a century ago (thankfully) would be sent to work outside the home. But in many parts of the world, children learn a bit younger how to take care of themselves and their families. Here is one destined to work in a kitchen, or at least as a street vendor.
For those with with a love for feeding birds and access to a curved piece of glass (or perhaps the ability to heat and curve plexiglass?) … here’s an interesting project idea.
Click on image for a short .mp4 video
Although having this bird feeder in your window might get old after a while, it would be a great idea for those shut-in or able to convince an assisted living facility to be able to put this in a window.
After 5 or 6 years, a car batteries no matter their indicated warranties, lose some of their cold cranking amps (CCA). If I were a “maintenance-focused only kind of guy,” I’d probably just replace batteries every 5 years rather than waiting forthem to fail. BUT … as usual … I wait until the winter when it is near zero degrees!
Since it is early February, it is of course cold. Brenda’s 2010 Acura RDX has been sitting for a month due to Brenda’s hip replacement(in the garage at least) and it failed to start this past week. After a quick charge and test, it started the car, but would not deliver the promised 490 CCA needed; the testing registered only 230 CCA after an overnight charge.
So … it is time for a new battery … the story of my life.
A fix or an update came out for MarEdit this week … and because I am really hoping to get comfortable posting to MyDesultoryBlog using this app the Mac rather than PC. There have been a few nagging issues so far in preventing my switching from Open Live Writer(Microsoft Windows world) … besides it is challenging to “teach an old dog new tricks.” 😉
Uploading photos and video (which is a problem for OLW too) to an independent from blogging platform image server
Opening links to new tab (target=“_blank”)
Media Manager to list by name/list, not by image
Ability to add CSS code to uploaded image (ie. border-black)
Photos opening full size on click without HTML edit ( a beautiful Polar Bear test image below)
EXCERPT => “On November 23, 1942, the Royal Navy destroyer SS Benlomond was torpedoed by a German submarine. Poon Lim, a Chinese civilian seaman aboard the ship, found himself stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Against all odds, Poon Lim survived 133 days at sea before being rescued by Brazilian fishermen.”
This Carl Seaverblog post takes a closer look at Poon Lim’s remarkable life and story.
Really … this Throwback Thursday #TBT“repost” was another MarsEdit test. I’m still trying to decide if I can handle shifting from Open Live Writer on Windows to MarsEdit on the Mac? Unfortunately, unlike copy/paste to a Markdown editor when using my tiny Raspberry PiHUGO test server, reposting from another website is not so easy using MarsEdit.
I would be remise to not mention the the AFC playoff game that left Cincinnati Bengals fans out in the cold, unfortunately the excitement dwindles when your hometeam loses.
In my opinion, the Bengals were healthier and the better team going into the game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but as anyone who has watch Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs play under the coaching of Andy Reid, they are an extremely talented team. Obviously even though they were not 100%, it was enough to push past Joe Burrow and the Bengals this year.
Instead of painting the entire woodworkingproject that is currently underway in the workshop, I want at least to be able to naturally lacquer finish the frames of the Cornhole game. Partially it is to show off the miters and walnut splines in the frame corners and partially because I didn’t want to use any fasteners that could rust (unfortunately each corner has one brass screw to help with alignment). Still the 1/4” splines will do a great job in adding strength even though I used clear pine to reduce the weight (a couple “little” girls will hopefully be using these)?
To help with the spline positioning, I made a jig that would clamp to each corner and repeat the exact same cut with my Makita router and 1/4” spiral bit. After a little experimented with scrap, it worked perfect. I cut walnut splines on the bandsaw sled (below) and new 45 degree miter gauge and used my portable belt sander to sand each spline flush.
