William Adams' WebLogEsoterica for a new MillenniumBuild or Buy- April 20, 2004 That is the question. Be it nobler to pull up your sleeves than to bow to the will of the component provider So, here's the deal. This past weekend, Yasmin and I finished the path around the back yard. It took 20 bags of bark hauled from the hardware store to the back yard. Pouring the bags out, and raking them smooth was a much more enjoyable task than hauling the border bricks, or digging up the grass. All told, this project cost... I don't know, at least 16 hours of...http://blogs.msdn.com/wadams/archive/2004/04/20/116615.aspx Trouncing Trash Takes Time and Tenacity- April 4, 2004 During the winter in my neighborhood, the begetation looks pretty baren. Things become really simple. Everything but the evergreens, loses it's leaves, dries up, and kinda disappears. You can see everything clearly without all the clutter in the way. Without the leaves, it is relatively easy to see the broken and dying branches. You go in with your pruning shears, saw, and whatnot, and you just clear everything out that doesn't look like it belongs. Order is..http://blogs.msdn.com/wadams/archive/2004/04/03/107282.aspx |