I’ve updated the WordPress theme on this site, again.  I was missing the 3 column layout like I am used to with my PHPNuke installations/Themes.   I’ve switched to the Talian Adsense theme and made a few minor changes to it’s appearance. Articles are now truncated and you can click on their title or ‘continue [...]

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Having had to grow a new lawn in 2 areas covering around 2000sq ft we really needed some sort of sprinkler timer system. I had actually spent some time searching online to see what it would take to put an in-ground system in at one point.   Although most of the components are extremely price friendly, [...]

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Tags: Electronics, Lawn, Orbit, sprinkler, Vigoro

I completed the upgrades to my Mini-Titan e325 radio controlled helicopter this week, they came in on Wednesday and I had them done and/or installed by Thursday.  The parts I ordered can be seen in this previous post The HK-2221-8 from Scorpion Motors was easy to install, it comes with some proprietary pin-type connector for [...]

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I wanted to provide some photo’s of the Scott’s Patch Master over time.  It has been a few weeks now since I put the paper/seed/fertilizer mix down on the blank spot, and there is grass growing.   It will take some time to fully fill in, but if it survives the summer which is now upon [...]

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Tags: grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, summer, Weeds