A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton
I needed (wanted — same thing…) to build a half wall above the basement stairs before I got to start on laying the new bamboo flooring.
So, that’s what I started on today. The wall is up, but only partially sheathed in drywall.
Me and the MFing wall that I built
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.
Also, I’m finished with my “month off” from booze. Hip to tha hooray, y’all.
Posted in Colorado Living, Homebody.
– 02/28/2010
According to Andrew Hyde, today is “Delurker Day”. That means the three of you who read this should stand up proud and post a comment so I know who you are.
You know, if you feel like it…
Posted in Blog Meta.
– 01/14/2010
Woke up this morning to an interesting email from my mother’s address:
Pls reply me back
Happy New Year…
I’m sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it’s just because of the situation of things right now, i’m stuck in London, I came down here on vacation, i was robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash and cards and my cell phone was stolen at GUN POINT, it’s such a crazy experience for me, i need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is i still have my passport but don’t have enough money to get my flight ticket back home, please i need you to loan me some money, will refund you as soon as i’m back home, i promise.
Thank you
Rand Winton
Hmmm. No. That’s not real at all.
I replied to it and the hijackers further prompted me to provide help. So they are actively using her account. Great.
After texting her (she’s been bombarded by all her contacts checking whether she’s OK or letting her know she’s been hacked) I tried to login. Of course her password didn’t work. I tried the password retrieval mechanism and it said it was sending the change request email to an address that looks like ******@y****.**.uk — also not my mother.
So, I have reported the problem to Google and am waiting for their response.
It looks like these people also deleted an announcement I posted to Mom’s Facebook wall, too, so I assume they are in there also.
Sometimes the internet is such a jerk!
Update: She has managed to wrangle her Gmail out of the clutches of the baddies. Her Facebook account is currently locked down, but she’s barely concerned about that.
Posted in Folx, Jake's Life, Observations, The Intarweb.
– 01/09/2010
Say you have some goals (or “resolutions”, in the case of the new year)… How do you measure progress toward success?
Goals are much easier to actually accomplish if you break it into steps. I haven’t done the Googling, but I assume tapering with the help of patches or nicotine gum is a much more successful method of smoking cessation than cold turkey. Fitness improvements are almost by definition something to work toward one step at a time — you can’t just go from the couch to running a marathon, you need to run around the block first.
This all came about from me lying in bed thinking about some things I’d like to accomplish this year and trying to come up with ways to keep track of my paths toward them. A lot of this is based on my use of the Physics Diet web site for tracking my weight. Even when I’m not succeeding, I love having the data in front of me. I can forgive myself a big red spike if I then come back with some green afterward.
I want something like that for other goals, so I started bending my brain around it a little. Physics Diet depends on daily weight and body fat measurements, and each day your “goal” (in most cases, at least) is to weigh less than you did the day before. How do you break other types of goals into similarly measurable “micro-goals”.
I think the main crux is how you formulate your goal. Continued…
Posted in Getting Fit, Observations, Obsessions.
– 01/04/2010
Here’s the thing, Bunky, a lot of people get really focused on “efficiency” in life. Those folks think a new book, the latest gadget, or a new notebook might push them over the edge so that they might Get Things Done faster than they used to, and definitely faster than the other guy.
And of course faster is better, right Chief? That straight line between points A and B must also be the optimal route. How could it not be?
Well, I have come to the point in my life where I am developing an appreciation for the winding road. In my mind, actually firing up the stove trumps bringing up the Pizza Hut iPhone app to get a pie and some wings (although there are still close calls on that front, to be honest). If a 50 year old hunk of metal gets the job done as well as the modern conglomeration of plastics and who-knows-what, this guy is probably going to go for the antique. I can – and will – go on… Continued…
Posted in Food and Cookery, Observations, Obsessions.
– 12/15/2009
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– 12/12/2009
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