DIY – Something better to do

Today’s DIY project: sun shade for heating system temperature probe

My heating system has a little temperature probe wired from it to the outside of the house: I don’t understand exactly why this is needed, but my impression is that it has something to do with maximizing humidity inside the house without causing condensation to form on the windows. Unfortunately, the installers put the sensor… Read More »

The saga of too-stubborn-to-pay-for-cable guy

Digital television is great. With DTV, we get a vibrant, crystal-clear picture, transmitted in a format that can be easily captured and manipulated by computers and recorded without any loss of quality. We also get more channels in the same RF spectrum, which means more free, over-the-air content. That is, we get all that if… Read More »