The Nerd Hutch
Since the late 1980s I have had a bit too much technology in my life. When I was working for the student press, I was so fascinated by the computer bulletin board technology we were running to distribute news stories,…
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Lutron Caséta Wifi dimmers and LED fixtures: what to do when they don’t work
I should say I am not an electrician. I have over my longish (charmed) life managed, however, to install receptacles, switches and fixtures in a variety of homes with a broad range of tools and have lived to tell the…
Four bedroom house with apartment in Old Ottawa South
Post-facto note: the house is sold. I’m feeling sad but relieved. Want to buy a house? I got one for you. It’s been a fabulous home for me and my family for the last eighteen years. We’ve looked after it,…
New digs
Earlier this week I got the keys to my new home, a row house in the same neighbourhood in which I currently reside. It’s much smaller, needs a bunch of work, doesn’t have the light, amenities etc. But it’ll be…
Good bye Uncle Rusty: N – 1
It’s a widely and most resolutely held belief amongst cyclists that the ideal number of bicycles to own is N + 1, where ‘N’ is the number you currently own. So one must wonder how it is possible that I…