Agents of Purgatory
From Agent D to Agent Pigeon: the story of the personal assistants who have helped keep the plants, birds, nest boxes and veg boxes at Purgatory going–plus a ficus that came back from the dead.
Category: Every Day Things
Fewer Terabytes
Thinning 30 TB of files on our NAS down to under 18 TB.
Home Automation, Take 2
Rebuilding our home automation setup from scratch.
My Own Music
Ripping my CD collection to build my own music library, ad-free.
The Talking Stega
Back to my voice-acting journey, with a demo and a new site at boros.net.
Neighbors along the Road
For seven years, a few of us have been trying to get the neighbors to care about our private road.
The Last Remnants.
The last of the Doc’s old garage tables, torn apart by the race team.
Another Trashy Post
Over forty dumpsters and counting since we bought this place.
Composting
Composting our kitchen scraps, and an OXO bin that finally does away with those flimsy compostable bags.
In Memoriam: Katie
In memoriam: Katie, our neighbor’s sweet dog, who knew how to cook eggs.
Stega’s Bay Area Bird Photographers Presentation
My presentation to the Bay Area Bird Photographers, on my travels and the habitat work here.
Improving Bird Feeder Designs
Improving the Magnet Mesh nut feeder so the jays can’t empty it in half an hour.
Feeding the Birds: Feeders We Like
Feeding the birds: the feeders we really like, and why.
Feeding the Birds: Our Setups
Feeding the birds: our feeder setups around the house and gardens.
Bird Song Data
Testing the HaikuBox and BirdWeather PUC, two devices that identify birds by their songs.
Re-Fencing
A new 4-foot no-climb fence with an electric stringer to stop the neighbor’s horses from jumping onto our land.
The Care and Feeding of Sliding Glass Doors
The care and feeding of sliding glass doors.
All (or at least most) of the Puzzles
Most of the puzzles we’ve done since the last puzzle post.
Check Telephone Line
Strange music on the old phone line, and a new line run across the pasture.
Softener Drips
The water softener sprang a few leaks, and the installers fixed them. Incredibly mundane.
Every July the Valley Explodes
Every July the valley explodes with illegal fireworks.
There be Race Cars, Part Two: The 002
There be race cars, part two: the BMW 002, which became two cars made into one.
Painted Birds
Plain wooden birds from a craft store, painted to look like Banded Stilts and a Western Bluebird.
Wild Life Part 4: Quail
Wild life, part 4: our herds of California quail, the garden’s farmhands.
Wild Life Part 3: Peacock
Wild life, part 3: Frank, a feral peacock, stays for a week.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Wild Life Part 2: Turkeys
Wild life, part 2: a feral turkey tried to claim Purgatory as his.
Wild Life Part 1: Small Stuff
Wild life, part 1: the small critters we find in the house, and a woodpecker using our chimney.
What to do with old hardware?
Old iPads become digital photo frames.
The Pantry Fridge
Replacing the pantry fridge with one that fits our needs.
Short Shed Break
A short break from the shed for the winter holidays.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.