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For Friends… And a Little Bit of Cash
But not enough (cash, that is)… There’s not enough profit in a job like this to ever make it worthwhile solely based on monetary terms! Back up a bit: It’s the chicken or the egg to call them clients or friends. Both apply. So when the call comes in that a rental house has a [...]
Civil War Footlocker
A friend is a Civil War reenactor. That means he spends his weekends putting on his Sargent’s uniform and going out to march, shoot, camp, and generally be miserable with his unit! You should check them out HERE. (If perhaps you don’t think these guys like being miserable, think about wearing all that wool for [...]
Garage Door Surround
Recently I’ve spoken to several folks in a nearby neighborhood, all with a similar problem. Their garage doors were framed and then cladded with aluminum fascia material. It looks nice, doesn’t need to be painted, and is usually called “maintenance free.” The problem is, some 10 years later, many of these are completely rotten. (From [...]
New Table Saw Revolutionizes Shop Safety
This new brand of table saw will be coming to my shop as soon as I can afford it. Amazing technology that ramps up the safety on what is perhaps the one, most dangerous tool in my shop. Watch the video – It’s amazing.
Handy and Green
What do these pictures have in common? The hat racks on the left began life as the redwood stays in a market umbrella just like this one on the right. I hate – literally HATE – to waste good wood. I think it’s a sin for any wood with life left to be thrown away, [...]
Not Glamorous But Necessary
Wood decks are everywhere in our area. And that means that they need to be cleaned and sealed every so often. And the truth is most of us don’t do this chore often enough. So when it comes time to call me, it’s usually a bigger job than folks have the time or energy to [...]
Use Pay Pal For Invoices
Since I bill by the hour (plus materials) for most jobs, I usually finalize and email my invoices. (That way, you know exactly what you are paying for.) Now you can use Pay Pal (or a credit card) to pay any invoice. Just click the link below (also in the sidebar) and it will take [...]
Knowing What to do and How to do it
A problem with RV faucets: The factory installed models are usually – to put it mildly – junk. But they are “RV” models – which usually means they are cheap plastic (the industry calls it “lightweight”), take odd connectors and parts, and usually when they break, can only be repaired with more “RV” parts. (That [...]
Why WordPress? Part 2
I did a tutorial with a new client the other night. He learned all he needs to know to maintain their site while we sat in the bar of a Holiday Inn in Barboursville, West Virginia. (That’s point number one. This is not difficult! A codicil to point 1 – a poorly maintained website is [...]
WordPress Themes – The Sky’s the Limit!
Whether it’s a simple blog or a complex magazine, you want your website to look the way you want it – not the way someone tells you that you want it. Lots of “designers” have “plans” where you choose a template and then your site ends up looking like so many others. With WordPress it’s [...]
