Unincorporated
Potential freelance client wants to hire me; their lawyers say they can only work with incorporated vendors, not sole proprietors. For a variety of reasons (see inside) I'd rather not go through...
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So years and years and years ago at some hippie festival or other there was a guy hawking these goggle things. The gimmick was this: you'd close your eyes, look towards the sun or other bright light,...
View ArticleIt has come to this: I'm asking about my wife's ladybits on the internet
My wife has been having the heaviest period of her life, complete with cartoonishly exaggerated mood swings, for almost two weeks now. This began very suddenly, three days after her last normal period....
View ArticleDocking stations and KVM switches and Synergy, oh my
For years I've been doing all my work and a good percentage of my play on a single as-overpowered-as-possible desktop box. For a variety of reasons -- not least that I'm starting to give up hope that...
View ArticleNew power supply for old lego motors
I have a bunch of old Lego 71427 motors (seen here) and a battery pack (I believe part 5293) that was stored for a decade with the batteries inside, with predictable results. Easiest way to make these...
View ArticleHow to un-crate-train a puppy
~1 year old Labradoodle name of Twist. Good boy. Crate trained up to this point, house trained so long as we lock him in his crate overnight. Which is the issue. I'd like to start weaning him off of...
View ArticleIs it reasonable to build a new driveway on top of an old, eroded one?
We have an old asphalt driveway partially washed out in a flood. Construction company put a layer of milled recycled asphalt on top and compacted it, as a temporary fix while we worked out what was to...
View ArticleYes, it's another "How Do I Television" question
Help me come up with an ideal TV-watching setup. In the past I've replaced one entertainment device at a time, so everything's different brands, I've got a stack of remote controls, a clunky switch box...
View ArticleImproving the appearance of worn-out hardwood floors
We're putting our house up for sale soon. It has hardwood floors with some damage ranging from minor pet scratches to some places (just one room, really) where the finish is pretty badly worn away. It...
View ArticleHow did Marjorie Taylor Greene get her committee assignments?
In all the talk about stripping her of her seats on the education and budget committees, the detail I've not seen is how she got them in the first place. Is it typical for newly-elected freshman...
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