I’m thinking of starting a podcast. That’s a very strange thing as I’ve always wondered what the fascination was. Then, I installed the Subsonic jukebox (I’ve got a huge collection of CDs all ripped to MP3s).
It turns out that you can also add internet radio stations and PODCASTS to your subsonic installation. [...]

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OK, I’m back in the club.  You’ll notice a distinct green tinge to the wood that I ripped out of some old fences that the neighbors left.  They were *really* into fences.

Note also that I decided to risk it with some windows (lined with 1/2″ hardware cloth).  The back door is hinged, too, so that, [...]

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When it’s too cold to plant anything, you don’t feel like cleaning up yard slop, and you’re making a conscious effort NOT to bake any goodies so as to retain your girly figure… build stuff.
The chicken coop is being designed on the fly (heh, on the fly… birds…) and has now received recycled cedar siding [...]

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Fall dropped like an ax this year. So, quick, bake a pie!

This is Cook’s Illustrated’s cranberry apple pie, made with their fool-proof crust that involves vodka. It was dang good, except that all the extra liquid made the crust a bear to work with. It stuck to EVERYTHING. I had to [...]

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A couple of days of microsurgery, and the greenhouse is almost done. I’ve gotta get the polycarbonate glazing bits shipped (they were left out of the original shipment), and attached, but the structure’s pretty much done.
Here’s our neighbor girlie demonstrating how happy the doorway makes her:

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