Door Knob Fix

Jen wanted to get all of the doorknobs around the how to match. We had a variety of brass, brushed nickel and glass doorknobs on the second floor and while shopping for brushed nickel round some “new” glass knob options. But upon trying to install them, found they were...

Solving the Cube

I was watching a History Channel episode on “The Toys that Built America” that focused on the development of the Rubik’s Cube. It re-sparked an interest in finally solving the cube. I bought one.a couple of years ago with the intent of solving it, but I never got very...

My 3D Printing setup

I found that there are a couple of people at work who are also into 3D printing so I thought I would kick off the discussion with pictures of our 3D setup....

Toilet Quick Fix

The toilet in our master bath has an inconsistent leak. <sarcasm>I just love troubleshooting inconsistencies </sarcasm> The video below shows the source of the problem. The toilet’s filler valve is spraying water during a flush/fill. The water is deflected by the tank lid and occasionally splashes out on the...

WordPress backups

A while back, I had the Raspberry Pi that hosts the Paynecentral sites crash. I was able to recover the WordPress files from the file system, but not the rest of the Word Press structure. Once I had the site(s) back up, I started to look into better solutions....

WordPress Photo Galleries

So I have been trying to figure out how to leverage my photos on Google Photos on my various WordPress blogs. I tried a couple and think I have landed on “Photonic”. None the less, I want to note here the ones I looked at…and have since deleted....

Video Games

I just registered my Tempest and Centipede Cocktail on the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society (VAPS) database http://www.arcade-museum.com/members/member_detail.php?member_id=504086...

Family Photos

I was looking for a way to share (and most importantly, comment on) the collection of old family photos I have collected. My current SFPG gallery does not offer this functionality I looked at several WordPress plugins: None would give me the ability to tell stories around a group...

Pizza – Truffled Mushroom and Ham

Tonight’s pizza was meant to make good use of a number of leftovers: While we had olive oil and garlic, I hardly consider them leftovers. I went out and got some mozzarella (DiCicco’s again) and ricotta. This time I tried a 400 degree oven. While I waited for it...

Pizza obsession

Late night a couple of days ago I stumbled across a YouTube video experimenting with various recipes attempting to recreate New York style pizza at home. Perhaps I was hungry, but I wound up sitting through 3 of the videos and began obsessing about baking some pizza. I was...