It’s House Centipede Season Again

It’s once again house centipede season. Every year at about the same time I see a huge increase in interest in these ‘bugs’. This particular centipede gets referred to a lot as a ‘fuzzy centipede’ and while I don’t think it’s fuzzy, it’s long wispy legs can perhaps give the impression that it’s fuzzy. After a […]
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Tags: House Centipede, Spring
Elite Screens ELIM92UWH Pull Down Projector Screen Review

I just received the Elite Screens ELIM92UWH pull down projector screen today and installed it and I really like it! The screen came in a couple of days after my Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8350 1080p LCD projector arrived. I originally had used an Epson Duet screen for the projector until this new screen arrived. […]
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We Finally Got Some Snow

Well after watching everyone else in the country get some snow we finally got a little bit over the weekend. I don’t know how much snow actually fell in our area, but it came along with high winds and drifted quite high in the yard. In some areas around here it was blown down to […]
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Review:Monitoring Power Usage With TED 5000-C Part 2

In part one of my TED Power Monitor Review I covered the installation of the TED-5000 Energy Usage Monitor. In part 2 I will cover the software features and functionality of the Footprints software included with TED. In part 3 I am going to cover the setup and usage of Google Power Meter. Please remember […]
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Review: Monitoring Power Usage With TED 5000-C Part 1

I’ve been wanting a way to monitor my home power usage for a while and recently did a lot more research. The folks at TED (The Energy Detective) had a selection of products which rated well and I ended up buying the TED 5000-C. These are not installation instructions, just showing you how I installed […]
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