• How to fix a Roomba that won’t dock

    We love our Roomba. It isn’t perfect (it can miss stuff), but it tries so damned hard (by running every day) that it is a godsend. Unfortunately, they’re not known for their longevity and a typical repair costs the same as a new one (not cheap). Last week our unit decided to stop docking. I did

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  • Eating better

    We already ate pretty darned well – hard not to in Portland where everything is about organic and local, and we live down the block from Whole Foods. We don’t do many processed foods and don’t eat too many calories, but I’ve always felt we could stand to put more fresh stuff into our bodies. I

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  • Week 6 (+1 day)

    Nothing new, but want to keep the progress pics going. Scheduled an appointment with the dentist to better fix my teeth next week. Hurray for more needles! I look far more normal than the close-up would lead you to believe – not too many get macro all up on my face. Next update in two weeks and

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  • That weather!

    If you haven’t been keeping up with our weather, it rained the first 29 days of December. It wasn’t typical Portland light rain either, we had some real precipitation come down. It was kind of awesome, it ended just before making it the full month, and since then it’s been horrifically cold (below freezing!) and

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  • New ‘puter

    Went out to “buy apples” this morning and returned home with a new 27″ iMac. Needless to say, Heather was pretty shocked. I’ve always relied on whatever work has supplied me and it has sufficed, but I’ve never been able to be perfectly happy with whatever solution it was – hard drive too small, graphics card too

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  • 2015 Year in Review

    2015 surpassed 2014 with ease. Not a particularly high bar, but I’d go so far as to call it a good year. Nobody too close to me passed away and everyone generally seemed to get healthier. Goals Again, I didn’t really set any, but had a few in my mind. I attained all that were

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