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Making Yogurt at Home

January 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Fearing Fear Itself RainyDayKitchen has been yearning to make yogurt for years, but has always been thwarted by the fear that its, output, would give everyone in the office [...]

First 100 Digits

November 19, 2012 // 1 Comment

Using some of the techniques in The Memory Bible and Mind Hacks, we started on our goal to memorize the first 50 digits of Pi. We tried a few different techniques, but [...]

Boxster Winter Prep 2012

November 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

The Winter prep for the Boxster is a ritual we have been performing for over ten years. Prep consists of: swapping the summer tires for winter one; checking the brake [...]

Trend AirShield Pro FirstLook

October 31, 2012 // 0 Comments

Before  we fire up the CNC machine for real, we want to make sure we have a good system in place for chip collection to keep the shop clean and safe. We have researched [...]

Zuiko to Nikon adapter FirstLook

October 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

When we worked at Kodak’s digital imaging group in the early 90’s, a 1.2MP camera was strictly for professionals. Digital camera technology has changed a lot [...]

Boxster Project: Front Rotor Replacement

October 19, 2012 // 0 Comments

The last time we replaced the front rotors was six years and 50K miles ago. While most of those were highway miles and the rotor thickness was still within spec, it will [...]

Boxster Project : Rear Rotor Replacement

October 18, 2012 // 0 Comments

The rear rotors of the Boxster needed replacing last Fall. We meant to do it this Spring, but things kept getting in the way. With the cooler temperatures here, we thought [...]

Harvesting Iris Seed Pods

October 3, 2012 // 0 Comments

Most of the plants in the RainyDayGarden are perennials. When a plant gets too big for its location, the interns will split it. They will either trade it for something we [...]

Plier Holder DIY

October 2, 2012 // 0 Comments

Not  every RainyDayProject we do is involved and complicated. Sometimes the projects are spur of the moment, take less than thirty minutes, and can be done with simple [...]

Cutting Board Refinishing

September 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

In July we posted a write-up of a butcher-block top DIY project for the IKEA FLYTTA stainless steel kitchen cart. We mentioned at the end of the article that we had a [...]
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