I was in the process of making a grocery list for me that was customized just for me. I opened up Excel and Word and started working on a template. Every grocery list should definitely …
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Here’s my little artist playing steel drums. I think he only took the class for a few weeks and ended up rocking out. Out of the many performances I saw that day, this was one of the best ones I saw.
I guess they are called Steel Pans now. Back in my day, we just called them Steel Drums.
References:
http://edelalon.com/blog/2012/03/east-bay-center-for-performing-arts/
Consolidating into one place for your addresses can be a daunting task. For years I struggled with keeping personal contacts mixed in with my work contacts. I decided to give that up when contact folders …
So my wife bought the new Google Nexus 4 phone and we thought, “Oh, this is a new phone, it should work with my new car.” Nope. It didn’t work and we ended up losing …
You can easily create a bootable DBAN USB thumb drive and boot from this USB drive to wipe your hard disk. Here is how :
Download the Darik’s Boot and Nuke ISO image from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/. At the …
Quantum Utility Generation LLC, the independent power producer that’s planning to build a solar project in Guam, acquired a 25-year power-purchase agreement from Pacific Green Resources LLC.
The contract will let Quantum sell 7.75 megawatts of …
Here’s an updated template for use in Excel 2013. I tested all the formulas and edited some formatting. I realized that the old one had some kinks in it.
Free download:
Excel 2013 Invoice Template
Welcome Pi Day! This year I took the easy route…well not the easiest route but a fairly easy route and made chicken pot pie. Instead of painstakingly making pie crust or puff pastry and making …
For the past few days this website was broke. Well, not entirely broke, just the thumbnails now showing up. Arthemia uses timthumb.php to handle the automatic creation of thumbnails and I think my webhost did …
Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam’s jungle canopy. They are scientists’ prescription for a headache that has caused the tiny U.S. territory misery for more than 60 years: the …
I’ve been working with a colleague of mine because he’s in the prospects of trying to find new job. And I asked them about things that he enjoys doing and places he likes to visit …
There are two things that came up this week: the Girl Scouts started selling their cookies and the Cookie Finder app came out. Every year my family looks forward to eating these tasty bites. In …
I made a creamy seafood pasta at my most recent catering event. I was shooting for fresh and new but ended up in a nostalgic flavor that brought me straight to my childhood. One of …
Just notice this updated bass for 2013. The PRS Grainger 4 String and the PRS Grainger 5 String. If these are anything like the private stock, well, I’m sure they are like the private stock, …
You’ve been rocking out on your guitar for several months now and you’ve mastered Burn It Down by Linkin Park (or some other rocking song) but something doesn’t feel right. So you pick up some …
I decided to make these cake pops to hand out as Valentine grams. Chocolate cake center, candy outer layer.
Just wanted to add some lessons learned from this batch:
Wait for cake to cool before adding icing.
Don’t …
Last August I moved offices to another location. At my old location, I believed food fell from the sky…in the form of cupcakes. Sweets showing up at my door seemed to be a frequent occurrence …
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