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Knock Down Cutting Grid with Sawhorses
When I was building the Garage Cabinet (which I am still happy with), I realized I needed a method to cut down large stock like plywood without using the bed of my pickup. Awhile back I ran across this page … Continue reading
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Garage Storage – Final Day
This is the final post about a storage cabinet that I built and mounted in my garage. You can read about Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, or Day 4 in some of my previous posts. So, I actually broke … Continue reading
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Garage Storage – Day 4
The ongoing project of adding a cabinet to my garage for storage. See Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 to catch-up. A really short day today- unless I decide to get re-motivated in the heat of the afternoon. I … Continue reading
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Garage Storage – Day 3
I didn’t get much done today, but things are shaping up nicely. To catch up, you can read Part 1 and Part 2. The goal for today was to fit the back panel and begin the doors and I made … Continue reading
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Garage Storage – Day 2
Note: This is a continuation of Garage Storage – Day 1 It is going to be another scorcher here in Austin. High expected to be about 101 or 102. That makes working in the garage brutal. But at least, I … Continue reading
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Garage Storage – Part 1
I have ended up with some free time, so I thought I could be constructive with my time (bad pun intended). Recently I was watching Ask This Old House and they had a really nice garage storage unit that included … Continue reading
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Changing User Names in Confluence
I have begun to move all my technical documentation to my Consulting blog: Thompson Consulting. This particular article is here: Changing User Names in Confluence.
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Samsung Captivate
So, I lied in my last post. My newest toy is a Samsung Captivate smart phone. It is powered by Android. I do like it, but all it does take some getting used to the touch screen. My biggest annoyance … Continue reading
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I think this will be my next toy…
I am thinking about getting a Henry Repeating Arms H001T lever action rifle. Here is the beauty. Bud’s wants $320 (plus fees) for it. Not a bad price. Yeah, it is a 22LR. Yeah, it is just a plinker. But … Continue reading
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Renaming JIRA Users
So you use JIRA do you? Nice, so do I. Ever have someone get married? divorced? a typo in their user name? Every try and change it? Yeah, not so easy. Atlassian has not set a release where there will … Continue reading
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