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Stainless Steel Drawer Pulls

September 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

The handles on the doors and drawers in the RainyDayKitchen have always been a bit too “antique-ish” for our taste. As handles never wear out there was never a [...]

Sink Upgrade: installation and plumbing

September 9, 2010 // 1 Comment

The stainless steel sink we got weighs around ten pounds, much lighter than the iron/porcelain sink it replaced. The edge of the sink has a bit of a bow so when it’s [...]

Sink Upgrade: cutting and fitting

September 8, 2010 // 0 Comments

When we removed the old sink the extent of the damage from the rust was plain. We also understood why the rust problem had developed in the first place: the original [...]

Sink upgrade: Removing the old sink

September 7, 2010 // 0 Comments

The sink in the RainyDayKitchen has been looking worse and worse these last few months. We have been saying since March “We NEED to replace the sink,” but we [...]

Visionary Lenses: Wild Colors

September 6, 2010 // 0 Comments

Our newest (to us) pair of Oakley Juliet sunglasses was procured in July. The pair came with a few issues but we were able to fixed it up quick with parts from the Oakley [...]

Vacuum Belt Replacement

September 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

The Eureka Capture+ vacuum cleaner served us flawlessly for almost three years. The vacuum cleaner is excellent on furniture, rugs, and bare floor. We use it weekly to [...]

iPhone prototyping software

August 3, 2010 // 0 Comments

Ask any house builder and they will tell you, don’t put the drywall up before you do the plumbing and electrical. The advice holds true for software as well. Unless [...]

Portable prototyping studio

August 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

Last week we posted an article on iPhone user interface prototyping. Our conclusion was that an analog approach was the quickest way to approach the initial task of [...]

Designing and Prototyping

July 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

Designing  and prototyping is a big part of creating great software applications. Skimping on the design step in hope of shortening the development cycle is a typical [...]

Visionary Lenses FirstLook

July 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

A  few days ago we picked up another pair of Oakley Juliet sunglasses on Craigslist. It was not that we needed another pair, but that we wanted an extra pair so that we [...]
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