Rapid City – Page 10

Small Town Diversity

Our Fleet Farm has Gagh! How cool is that? The bag is $11.99.

At least I’m so declaring. The LED saga continues and the $1000 floor is not all that I would have hoped for that price, but it is ready for use. Judge for yourself. Before and After: It still needs a new door (steel frame, big smoked glass window, keypad entry), a new overhead door (insulated,Continue reading “Garage Victory!”

LED Strips

There must be a “all you need to know” guide out there somewhere. Heck, even Rule 34 postings might be helpful at this point. The biggest problem is that none of this stuff seems to have names or product standards. It’s all just word-salad badly translated from Chinese. I ordered two different products, on purpose,Continue reading “LED Strips”

Start Paying Attention!

South Dakota things are happening. I need to start paying attention to them. I stumbled across this school curriculum issue at PowerLine via InstaPundit. Ignoring stuff such as this is how I ended up having to flee, rather than fight for, Colorado. I must do better, here. I’m still absorbed in the “getting the newContinue reading “Start Paying Attention!”

Garage Floor Lies

I’m still irritated when marketing materials lie to me, but it is so frequent that it no longer makes me angry. Instructions that lie, on the other hand, piss me off. Instead of just painting the garage floor, Rustoleum’s RockSolid coating caught my eye. 80 fl. Oz. Kit Cover up to 100-125 Sq. Ft 2Continue reading “Garage Floor Lies”

Sabres

The toothed cats, not the stabby things. Rapid City has a hockey team; two actually. We went to the Sabres vs Hawks game on Saturday evening. It was fun. I’d rate it more fun than an Avalanche game at Pepsi Center – although there was that one time… Glass tickets are certainly more affordable. IContinue reading “Sabres”

Barbie Vac is Back!

I found the Barbie Vac when we were packing and I just tossed it into the moving pile. I’m not a big fan of cleaning the cleaning equipment – vacuuming the vacuum or washing the washer; that sort of thing. We have a use for it, so I cleaned it out (and ordered bags). I’mContinue reading “Barbie Vac is Back!”

Postulated: Dark Shed

I do not see a shed, yet I see evidence of shed-like phenomenae. I shall call this Dark Shed.

No More 100 Watt Nostalgia

It’s about time! LEDs have finally broken the 100 watt light bulb nostalgia barrier. The lights over the workbench are, quite literally, brighter than the sun. You can see shadows in sunlight coming in the window. I said, “Blinding, brilliant, glossy, high-tech lab white”. Six gallons of Velspar Base 2 later, that has been achieved.Continue reading “No More 100 Watt Nostalgia”

Restoration

The garage project was patching the crumbling brick near the floor on one wall. It was half tuck-pointing, half stuccoing. Quickcrete sells (via Knecht Ace [corporate really needs to work on that site]) handy little buckets of mortar. Since I didn’t expect to be mortaring ever again, all my equipment is in the Denver landfill,Continue reading “Restoration”