Our Lifestyle Blog as We Create a Homestead in Northern Ontario
Well, that’s annoying… I typed up quite a long blog entry just describing our garden, complete with many pictures, and accidentally published it before I wanted to. I rushed to take it down, and instead deleting the whole thing. Sigh. Computers… I should probably also point out how difficult it is to properly embed pictures … Read more
For those of you hooked on Pruno, you might want to take note, as this is far easier to make (assuming you AREN’T incarcerated), and much nicer for your pallette. In my ongoing efforts to trim costs, as well as learn new (read : old) skills, I decided that it was a good idea to … Read more
I don’t think I need to tell you that Thoreau wasn’t really a guy who had lots of luck with the ladies, but he definitely had some ideas that continue to speak to all of us, removed as we may be from his world and circumstances. As I spend most of my day stuck indoors … Read more
This will probably be my last post on the subject of simplifying my computing experience for a short while. Quite of bit of it will be based on Alex Payne’s Rules for Computing Happiness which has a number of rules that are specific to him. Still, there are many which I had always obeyed, and … Read more
Today I’d like to talk a bit about Virtual Machines. In case you don’t know, a virtual machine is a programme that you can run under the big three OS flavours (Windows, Linux and Mac), which emulates a full computer. You can change the hardware, pick your OS, load and unload software, and treat it … Read more
Over a process that’s taken up a year or two, I’ve realized that simplifying your computer makes for a far richer experience. I’ll likely post more on this subject over the next few days, as it’s something that’s been on my mind quite a bit lately. For starters, let’s discuss email. Here is my list … Read more
Just to be clear, we’re not yet on our ideal homestead. As you could gather if you checked out my profile, you’d see that we’re still in Kitchener. A very nice city, but a city nonetheless… We have a house which is entering its’ seventh or eighth decade, still in very good shape, which is … Read more
Well, no time like the present to get into the meat of things and begin to present some real content. Today my son and I are going to have to bake some bread again. We almost always go for the whole wheat/whole grain loaves, as we all know those are better for us, right? I … Read more
Well, thanks for coming back, or finding us, as the case may be… I’ll try not to use up all my good material at once here, as I haveall-too-often found myself subscribing to a blog that starts outstrong, but then runs out of steam. If you’ve taken the time to track down my online profile, … Read more
Please, I’m just learning how this all works, so be gentle… I’m thinking it would be best for me to create a small website, and then simply embed this blog within it to keep friends and family abreast of what we’re thinking and doing… Let me know if you have other ideas for our website, … Read more