2011 Taxes

Yea! I got up the courage to complete my USA Tax report and get it filled. That’s one of two sure things in life I am glad is over. The other sure thing I am going to continue putting off for as long as possible. I only get one shot at that one and I know it is impossible to miss. Ha! I always look to the middle of April with some feeling of dread....

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The Bug

There is a slight problem in the display of the lead articles in the timeline view of the blog articles in TheHobbyistMachineShop – Blog and the RoboBoatBlog. The program used to create the format of the blog is called Artisteer. The bug is that article photos are not being displayed in the multi-article view normally used as the lead page in these blogs. In single view it works properly. The RoboBoatBlog has a little warning...

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Dauntless Project

I think no one has noticed the RoboBoat project has started to move forward again. I have spent a couple of weekends (not every hour) working on the hull. Progress is being made and I am reporting and showing new pictures in the blog. The project is in the “build the boat” stage and will be there for some time. I intend to do a decent construction job to produce a worthy platform upon which...

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Shop Clean Up

I took a couple of days and went after cleaning and organizing my workshop with a vengeance. I like to have at hand the tools and material I need for a project. If I don’t take the time and effort to clean up and put things back in their normal storage, I soon can find nothing. I felt I was almost into one of those “everything is lost and nothing can be found” stages. So...

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