Home Weather station to send data to Weather Underground

Home Weather station to send data to Weather Underground

Requirements 1. Weather station should be reasonably priced but of acceptable precision – met 2. Data wiring to weather station – prefer wireless – met…

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Creating picture books

Creating picture books

Purpose Create a picture book after a trip OR for a special event like milestone birthdayService – Blurb.com Experience – Created ~ 5 books with Blurb….

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DIY Passport and VISA photos

DIY Passport and VISA photos

Most in-store photo processors (CVS, Walmart, etc.) will take a photo of you and give you 2 passport photos.   If you don’t need extra…

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Moving a Wordpress blog

Moving a WordPress blog

Problem Had trouble updating the underlying GoDaddy MySQL to version 5.0 required by WordPress 3. Solution Create a new WordPress site on same hosting server…

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Music Mix Party

Music Mix Party

Many times it is difficult to find new music.   One idea is to host a mix-tape party.    Invite your fellow music lovers to send 5-10…

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Timezone Tricks

Timezone Tricks

Working with people in different time zones presents multiple problems. Answering the simple questions of what time is it now and what time is it…

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GSM phone for worldwide travel

GSM phone for worldwide travel

Traveling outside one’s native country is often easier with a mobile phone.   US AT&T users can use their phones outside the US but should expect…

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Recommended activities in New York City

Recommended activities in New York City

1. MUSEUMS: http://www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.html Metropolitan Museum of Art a/k/a The Met – www.metmuseum.org – 5th Avenue and E. 84th St. Museum of Modern Art a/k/a MOMA…

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India Summary

India Summary

Fly to Delhi 2 hrs via i78 to Newark Kathy bag weighs 48 lbs Sean bag weighs 28 and could be carried on but was…

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India - Driving

India – Driving

Our typical trip involves renting a car and driving to where we are drawn. The general advice for India is to hire a car and…

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