for the good time Jerry’s ramblings…

…from where else but the 2009 PDX Adult Soapbox Derby.

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 – FCHelp [...]

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 [...]

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 bought [...]

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. Total energy: [...]