The intrigue with the house next door doesn’t seem to end. I figured that whoever was trying to rent the house would put an ad in the Oregonian or on craigslist. So, I conducted a quick search today, and sure enough:
Conveniently, the poster’s email address was on the listing. randal@fchelp.com.
Stop Forclosure - [...]
Stephanie forwarded an email to us about One Block Off the Grid, an organization that purchases and installs solar in bulk, ostensibly passing the savings on to you.
I had thought a bit about solar before, but never seriously, because I didn’t want to lay out a ton of money only to find out that Oregon [...]
Katie stumbled on what promises to be a great concert at McMenamin’s Edgefield this summer: The Decemberists with special guest Andrew Bird. Personally, I would reverse the billing, but that is just my preference. I love both bands, and we are excited to go.
It has been a long, long time since I have [...]
I’ve been researching energy consumption around our house a lot lately, as you will probably note in the next few blog posts that I will make. Last night, Katie and I were talking about my latest measurement - the total energy consumption of our internet hub and data storage. As it turns out, [...]
We recently uncovered this little piece of history. For those of you who have tried to put a beer in our refrigerator, you know what I am talking about.
If you’ve talked to me at all in the past 2 years (yes, 2 years as of April!!!), you have probably noticed my obsession with the house next door, and the proposed development, including cramming 4 new homes next to us.
I won’t rehash the situation. But I will say that if you [...]
I got a listen to the new album from Neko Case, Middle Cyclone, at NPR.org, and it is yet another great one from her. The stream is down now that the album has been released, but here are a few MP3s for ‘ya.
Neko Case - People Got A Lotta Nerve
Neko Case - [...]
you wake up at 5:30 in the morning, your house has no power, and your first thought is: how am I going to make my coffee this morning?
God bless my trusty french press. The plan that I had worked out: put on my head lamp, find our lighter, manually light the stove and heat [...]
Stephanie pointed me to this KATU story on noisy Clear Wireless cell devices.
I was excited about some real competition to Comcast in my neighborhood, especially after fighting with them for two months over bandwidth problems introduced by equipment “upgrades” back in December 2008. But, I have to admit, equipment such as this Clear cell [...]
Now that we are parents, we don’t go out to the theater anymore, so it is exclusively DVDs at home for us. How much does it cost us?
Last night, using my trusty Kill-a-Watt, I measured how much energy it costs to watch a 2-hour movie using our stereo, dvd player and projector. [...]