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Bauer Vs Ryobi
While I still feel that DeWalt is the de-facto standard when it comes to cordless tools, I’ve always had a soft spot for Ryobi. They’re less expensive and for what I do, they’ve always been perfect. But the one thing that’s always bothered me is the cost of the ‘real’ batteries. Like $90 apiece and…
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Contract Opportunities
So it seems that Oracle has changed the amount of time your data is available after contract end for Taleo. Prior to September it was 60 days, after the change in fiscal year it’s now 30 days. This (of course) has thrown a wrench into a lot of works and seems to be facilitating a…
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Oil Change Complete
It’s been 9300 miles and even though the truck said I still have 23% on the oil I changed it. I think 8k is the sweet spot. The oil was extremely black but then again it was last time too. This time there were only a couple drops spilled. That was from the removal of…
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Storage Racks
I’m sort of in the process of spring cleaning as we’re coming into fall. My thought is that if I start now I stand a chance of maybe having spring cleaning done by spring. Also starting a workout regime to have a summer body but that’s another post. But the premise is that I took…
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Gap Year At An End
Today is one year and a day since I left ThinkTalent. It’s time to get back at it and find a company I can run with for the next 10 years. I’m going to do the Azure for data analytics & administration and devops. I’m working on putting the racks together for a storage solution…
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Uneventful Sunday
Did a pedestrian 10 mile bike ride this morning. We were going to go to Dallas and do the Katy trail but some research showed that eBikes were to be turned off for the ride and that didn’t seem like much fun so it was just around the mall and hood. Also got the knobs…
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Plumbing Issue Resolved
After purchasing a three handle replacement faucet, then getting the wrong single handled one, then getting the right one with a plate to hide the extra holes in the tile and finding out it didn’t fit. We ordered replacement stems and we seem to have fixed the issue. All we should need now are a…
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Follow-up On Voter Suppression Issue
So I did want to report that the thing I was bitching about a couple of days ago actually worked itself out positivity. As stated, the republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare wanted to axe early voting sites on college campuses that are prone to vote bluer while leaving conservative strongholds with early voting. It…
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Plumbing on the Horizon
The household maintenance task that I abhor the most is plumbing. There’s just nothing easy when it comes to plumbing. Case in point: Today, I set out to fix the leaky faucet in the main bathroom. First thing to do is take off the faucet knobs, well the one that needed to come off would…
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Somberly Thrilled
I think we all know where we were 23 years ago today. It’s somber to think back on that day and how it made us feel and what’s happened in the passing years. I’m thrilled about some progress being made also. I got the generator off the RV and pulled the mounts so we can…