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Articles by Carolyn Donovan and Wan Chi Lau

2024: A Year of Birding

December 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

At the start of 2024, we stated that our focus would be birding. Twelve months later, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the birds we saw, the outings we took, [...]

Oriental Old Fashioned

December 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

We recently “met” Suntory TOKI whisky at the really terrific, third-generation, local business, Gary’s Liquors. An unexpected and HUUUGE bonus at [...]

Boxster Project: Hardtop Installation

November 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

It will be 25 years this Spring for our 2000 Porsche Boxster! We recently realized that we have never done a post on the installation of the Boxster hardtop. Even though we [...]

Dyson V8 Animal : Vacuum w/o cords

November 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

V8 Animal Someone in the local Buy Nothing group was giving away a Dyson V8 Animal vacuum stick with all the attachments, tools, and bits. Apparently, the vacuum had a [...]

Schaaf Wood Carving Tools: FirstLook

October 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

During our summer vacation we completed a project we began quite a while back: we decorated the post we made for our mat cutting practice by carving a dragon pattern into it. [...]

Oreck XL Vacuum: DIY repair

October 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

We have had an Oreck vacuum cleaner since 2005. The machine is light-weight, easy to maneuver, and has powerful suction. It is also quiet, works well on bare and carpeted [...]

DJI Neo : FirstLook

October 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

We looked at quadcopters—what we all call “drones”—back in 2005 and again in 2012. They were…interesting, but required too much user interaction to be [...]
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