General Blather

We've been putting off replacing the garage door for some time, and recently it has all-but failed entirely; today became the day to fix that, at long last. more »

Turns out there wasn't an obscure blockage or broken motor preventing the furnace from behaving. A capacitor was failing, so the blower motor couldn't start, and that kept the furnace from completing the start-up process. The furnace would start up the… more »

Seems I once again stumbled upon household fix. Furnace has been blowing no heat. Repeated treks between office and basement, trying both to find a place selling replacement parts and getting advice from the Google, eventually led me to check outside to… more »

I know that some may be concerned that we didn't resolve the garage power issue. more »

After pulling the Valkyrie out of the garage, I tapped the remote to draw the door shut. As sometimes happens, nothing happened. I tried agan, noticing the strong and steady light on the remote. The wife then noticed that the light on the opener was… more »

After being roused at the seemingly normal 3AM sneeze attack, some part of my slumbering consciousness realized the HVAC was blowing a little extra, but that the furnace wasn't on (the air was moving, but not warm). Then my lesser-conscious parts… more »

I managed to completely obliterate my cellphone today. more »