Category Archives: Zieak
Sarah Palin as Vice President
McCain has selected Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. This is pretty exciting. Three years ago she was mayor of a town of under 10,000 people. She was appointed to a position by previous Governor Frank Murkowski (who when elected as governor appointed his daughter to his Senate seat.) But she resigned siting …
Instructables continues to deliver
One of my least popular Instructables has been an entry for the “Fridge Magnet Challenge” on how to reuse cheap fridge magnets. The contest was over a year ago and my Instructable only has 2,600 views. (Compared to the cart-bike with 66,000 views, Kevin’s and my t-shirt printing press with 49,000 views, or my geek …
Another project selected for the Instructables book
It seems that i might end up with two projects in the Instructables book. I didn’t even enter this one in the book contest so this one has been selected purely by the editors and not because of popularity. Hi Ryan, It looks like we are considering a second instructable of yours, the “Stool made …
A day of salvaging
I decided a few days ago that on Sunday i would go to the landfill and pay $5 to do some salvaging. I had to go to the pool a few times to let a plumber in to work on the boiler and then see the results of his inspection. After doing that i headed …
Skateboards at Zoom
Skateboards at Zoom Originally uploaded by zieak I stopped by the bike shop during lunch the other day and there were 8 skateboards on the ground outside. At least 4 of the kids bought stuff.
Zoom Bikes will be at Interbike
Mike and i made plans to attend Interbike next month. We’ll fly to Las Vegas on the 21st of September and return to Petersburg on the 28th. I used Hotelsescape to find a room at the Sahara for an average of $52 a night (plus taxes) and we’re using a companion fare ticket to fly …
Alaskans will receive their PFD and energy rebate deposits early
The big news in Alaska today is that Permanent Fund recipients will get their money early this year. All people that are approved and signed up for direct deposit will receive the money on September 12. Mailed checks will be sent on the 30th. Right now the estimate is that the total amount will be …
Net worth chart
Here’s a chart of my net worth over time not including the bike shop or the mortgage. The bump in the line in November was from receiving 6 months of advance rent and shifting some debt to a 0% interest credit card but not adding the account to the program. You also can see a …
Coping with death – of software
I have to admit it. I have loved and lost software to the ravages of time. The five stages of grief in the Kübler-Ross model; Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance Here’s a list of software that I have loved and feel is dying along with my stage in the grieving process. ScreenPrint32 – [Bargaining] – …
Win a $5,000 road trip
Just five days left to enter a sweepstakes giveaway for a $5,000 road trip from Real Simple. Don’t forget to use my trick for quick and easy sweepstakes entries for contests that you can enter daily (like this one).
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