Apparently the flue damper on my chimney has been open since we moved in. I had to discover this by putting my digicam up the fireplace and taking pics to see a lightsource at the top.
I’d like to hope that having the fireplace itself blocked for the last 22 months helped keep some heat in, but since Ive got it closed now, that should have an impact (albeit slight) as well.
edit: fixed.
Tags: damper. fuck, fireplace, flue, heating, house
Typically i abhor reposting shit like this, but…. this lady deserved it
A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
the 2007 darwin awards
Sometimes I wonder if I use google too much. I mean… 151+ a day isn’t THAT many… right?
By gambit32 at 2007-12-18
Tags: google
I did a touch more winterizing over the weekend. The patio pet door is removed. Poor construction made it so the flap didnt close all the way after someone came through it. I’ll need to dismantle part of it once the weather gets warmer and see if I can fix it.
One snake is in the basement, the other is still upstairs. I’ll try to move him down this week. Its got to be about 10 degrees warmer down there, so I’m sure he’ll be happy.
Lastly, I covered up the vents in the attic to keep the drafts out. Unlike the windows at my parents place, these are real windows that I can close. One had a piece of wood fitted and drilled for easy covering, the other I had to cover with insulation. Already theres is a noticable temperature difference in the hallway beneath where the attic stairs are.
Hopefully this all will make the heating bills less painful. I still have the thermostats hovering between 50/55 for the time being while I hammer these things out. Once I get the next bill, I’ll see how it compares to last year.
Tags: cats, heat, insulation, patio pet door, snakes
Alright, I’ve had this thing sitting in draft mode for weeks. Its time I finally push it through.
Tags: bacon, baconsalt, Food
This came up over in a thread on SomethingAwful. This is my old Telco/Phreak toolkit that I don’t use anymore. I have it fully tagged over at flickr. Also goes well with my old tone dialers and pagers.
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Tags: hack, harris, hpav, phreak, tone dialers
Just want to do a quick thanks to Genfavicon. I used them to convert my header image into a nice favicon.ico for the site
Tags: favico, favicon, genfavicon, thanks
Apparently by accident I pulled an all-nighter.
As to how this happened, I don’t know. I started movies around around 8pm Friday, and suddenly its like … 5am saturday morning and I see the glimmer of sunlight. When I started it was Jurassic Park III, then Lethal Weapon, and then the first three Home Alone (i, ii, iii) movies, then Lethal Weapon 2.
I don’t think I’ve done this in 10 years; and when THAT happened it was because I crashed my computer GOOD and it took me 14 hours to get it back to normal.
If you need me, I’ll be sleeping until Sunday.
Tags: all-nighter, allnighter, cat, movies, noodle, sleep deprivation
