I'm saving up for an ocean-going yacht which I should be able to purchase in a couple years. Some friends are going to crew (well, Scott W. is, who else?), and we're sailing to the Florida Keys, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, all the tropical islands leading down to South America where we'll hug the coast and port in Rio de Janeiro and ( Read more... )

I wrote up a brief how-to on a simple method to anodize titanium.

Read it here: www.instructables.com/id/Anodize-Titanium/


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Make a wallet!

http://goldtronics.livejournal.com/2301.html

On Sunday, August 3, I was hit by a pick-up truck. I was going westbound on Cortland, he was going southbound on Ashland. I didn't realize Ashland had two lanes going southbound, because one of them is obstructed by pillars holding up an overpass. I thought the intersection was clear, so I went through it ( Read more... )

Day 13 (Sunday July 6) - Rocky Ford, CO to Walsenburg, CO (69 miles) route:


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Day 12 (Saturday July 5) - Haswell, CO to Rocky Ford, CO (56 miles) route:


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Day 11 (Friday July 4) - Sharon Springs, KS to Haswell, CO (102 miles) route:


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Day 10 (Thursday July 3) - Hoxie, KS to Sharon Springs, KS (93 miles) route:


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Day 9 (Wednesday July 2) - Smith Center, KS to Hoxie, KS (118 miles) route:


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Day 8 (Tuesday July 1) - Belleville, KS to Smith Center, KS (63 miles) route:


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