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Reviving a dead Boxster battery

February 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Our friend Erik was right, just jumping the battery didn’t quite get it fully working again, at least not enough to restart the car after a really cold night. Looks [...]

DIY roof snow shovel

February 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Inspired by the ingenious roof shovel video someone had sent us, we decided to hack a makeshift one out of some PVC pipes/joints and plastic sheeting we had laying around, [...]

LED-lit Snow Path

February 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayInterns spent a few hours today digging out a new snow path from the front of the office to the back. One reason was so they could get some exercise. The other [...]

Dead battery / Locked hood…hmmm

February 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

Ever run into a problem that you had solved before, only to realized that while you remember “in general” how you solved it, you have forgotten the critical bits [...]

Cookies from a microwave?

February 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

We installed a new microwave oven in the RainyDayKitchen a few years ago, but it was only recently that we started using it for more than just reheating leftovers. While we [...]

Finally, it stopped snowing!

February 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

We were not dressed as extras for a scene on the Walking Dead, but thought we would see how the WORX leaf blower would do in moving the super fluffy snow. It worked OK, [...]

Still snowing and blowing…

February 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

With the snow falling as fast as the plows can clear things, the nuthatch, like us, has decided it’s best to just curled up inside with some snacks and survey the [...]

Cooking pasta in a frying pan

February 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Somebody, we forgot who, had sent us a tip recently about cooking pasta in a frying pan. It stuck in our heads and we finally got around to trying it. Wow, it worked [...]
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