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Good to know. Sonos has such a unique offering . . love the concept, but the execution needs a little love. I just hate that it skips or just stops out of nowhere sometimes. Otherwise, it's great!

Now, I hear you all saying "ok, but what about your wife's car?" She drives a 2013 CX-5. It's a great car and doesn't need much, but the seats are pretty badly stained. Really badly stained. We've tried every product and haven't had any luck. I finally ordered some Covercraft seat covers. The...

A bit out of order here, but an 80-series Land Cruiser went into the junkyard locally (which never happens - they usually go to Toyota dismantlers), so I siezed the opportunity and got to the yard when they opened. Lucked out - got a bunch of spare links and a few other parts, including a good...

Got tired of my ironing board dropping pieces of foam every time I used it . . time to "restore" the ironing board. Any excuse to do something with your hands is a good excuse. With the cover off, here's how it looked. GROSS. After an undisclosed amount of time scraping and vacuuming, it...

Can we talk about angle stops for a second? WHY DO ALL THE HANDLES BREAK? I was under my sink to replace the water filters and holy hell . . these things ****. Talk about pot metal . . Hopefully the new ones hold up better than this!

Odds and ends . . Moved to our third Wi-Fi setup at the house. First was a Netgear R7000P, second was a Vilo mesh system, now we've moved to TP-Link Deco 6E mesh (AXE5400). Mostly trying to get something stable for the TV (which is just on Wi-Fi) and Sonos. I suspected that the Vilo system...

New topic - cutting boards! I bought this big boy at an estate sale recently. It was pretty rough but I figured it had potential, and for $4 I had to take it home. First step was sanding it to see how much that alone would do. I just wanted a fresher surface and to get rid of some of the...

More odds and ends. Worked on fixing the floppy vent in the Land Cruiser. It's rough, but it works. The stud tends to break off . . . New "stud" turned down on the "lathe" (drill press with a file, don't judge me): Bushing secured with some . . "hot snot:" Went to the Alameda Antiques...

I have a friend building a tiny house and I've gone to help him for several days along the way. He designed the house from scratch including a CAD model. It's very impressive and well thought out. My first day onsite was skinning the bottom of the trailer. These panels are bonded and screwed...

The inner fenders on the truck are thick steel. I bent up the edge after cutting, but there was no way to get the material out of the way in that strip without cutting it out. If they have to come out completely, so be it . . but I don't love that idea.

Changing gears - a bit of home stereo stuff. I bought a Sonos Gen 3 Sub on eBay. Unpacked it, plugged it in, got it paired, but couldn't get any sound out of it. I was on tech support for hours, plugging the Sub directly into the router, etc. . . nothing worked. I messaged the eBay seller who...

Ok, there was a little bit of carnage on the trail. Nothing terribly serious but a few bumps and bruises. Had to do a minor trail repair - broke a few exhaust hangers. This is why I carry fencing wire! The passenger mirror glass finally broke off too. These trucks are notorious...

The trip was great. I was a guest on my friend's podcast and we did an episode on it: https://overcast.fm/+AAWMqSvgWYI Didn't need the sway bar disconnects . . I'll get them installed at some point and see if it makes any real difference.

In August I went on an off-road trip with a buddy. I had tried to rally a few friends, but things fell through and it ended up just being one vehicle and two people. We were going to try some hard trails up in the Shaver Lake area outside of Fresno, and I wanted to make sure everything was...

My GMC, as it currently sits, is pretty low. Not slammed slammed, but pretty low. I'm tucking tire in the front and borderline in the rear. The fenders are rolled (with a hammer) but it still rubs in the front a fair amount. The drop spindles on the truck add roughly an inch to the track width...

And so, when I finally was happy with how everything was laid out in the garage . . I put that new handwriting to work. It's not fast - and I still have my old "bad" caps handwriting that I use when I'm lazy - but I can do this! Not gonna lie - I'm pretty proud of this, and very pleased with...

I started to put things together and ended up making a little slide deck. I wasn't able to find good examples of every letter, but it was enough for me to start understanding what it was that I liked, and what it was that made it so recognizeable. I had intended to make my own...

Alright, let's talk about labeling. Or lettering. This is going to seem a little maniacal but bear with me. I've watched a lot of videos from Laura Kampf - a tinkerer / maker from Germany. https://www.youtube.com/@laurakampf She does a lot of cool stuff and I began to find myself fascinated by...

I have a pretty old brushed Milwaukee drill with a chuck that I absolutely hate . . the drill is fine, the chuck slips and *****. At first I ordered the newer Milwaukee chuck (Milwaukee 42-66-8003 1/2 in. chuck for 2703-20). I had seen some threads on this upgrade. That didn't fit! The drill...

Long time no post - it was a busy and fun summer. In July I decided to finally replace the fork on my old mountain bike because it's leaking and I can't find fork seals or rebuild kits for a fork this old (F100RL from ~2004). Forgive me for the bike just sitting on the ground . . I left the...