Archive for April, 2010
Brian Meeks :: The Top 7 Things I Hate about Top 10 Lists
22April 30, 2010
The problem is -- most people don't understand that meaningless numbers are, well, for lack of a better word or nearby thesaurus, meaningless. Having 50,000 people follow you on Twitter, because you launched a campaign of follow me and I will follow you, doesn't mean you have 50,000 people listening to you. It means you have 50,000 people who don't get it either. When the day comes that you want to get those people to read your blog, you will be more likely to find a lemur at your desk than you will a solid reader base. [ . . . ]
Testing Hardwood Floor Finishes in an Old House (part 1 of a few)
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A few days later, Jeff hit me back; he had gathered some info from a couple places on the internet. He said, Well, I tried the water test like you suggested, and water doesn't seem to discolor the floor . . . . But . . . I learned some other things too.
Repeating what he found, he said, I learned that rubbing alcohol (actually denatured) can be used to test for shellac, acetone for varnish, and lacquer thinner for lacquer. Mineral spirits can be used to clean "unsounded" floors, and I also learned that polyurethane only really became popular in the last fifteen (editor's hmmm) years. Strippers can be used to test for that. [ . . . ]
Do Your Part to Stop Bag Breakage :: On ReUsable Shopping Bags
7April 27, 2010
by jb
in homeownership
I know for my family it has been difficult to remember our bags (purchased for 99c each) on food shopping trips. We try to work them into our regime; I mean -- what good do they do if we can't seem to remember to bring them along?
Motivation: 15 plastics, this waste often floating around our city, easily replaced by five or six sturdy canvas bags. They seem to stow ever so neatly into our all too small trunk. Our memory will hopefully get better, at least a little bit better.
And while I think of hanging them near the side door (the one closest to the driveway), and toy with the idea of attempting to let them live in the car, my plans of now are to earmark some space for them in our pantry (which will receive work hopefully pretty soon). [ . . . ]
The Sounding Board :: Episode 2: Cotton Picking Shop Dog
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I fail to introduce myself at the beginning of this one. I told jb that I simply must have been so focused on getting the job done that the formalities slipped my mind . Again, the episode is broken into three loosely themed parts.
Building Moxie with Style House Realty
4April 22, 2010
Visiting the million-dollar question from above again briefly, I re-phrase, "Are green homes selling faster; are they paying off - are they fetching a higher price?" Her response - "As I said, it is roughly the same," she continued, "You're simply not going to get more money if it is green and . . . ugly." But she steps back for a second and says, "The interest of green motivated buyers is on the rise and I feel in the next five years, the number of green renovations will rise too in response to these demands."
Until then, she offers these simple and certainly sustainable tips for those who are planning to sell in the near future: [ . . . ]
