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2024 has been an especially hectic year. With Thanksgiving drawing near, and it also being my wife’s favorite holiday, I wanted to try to make it extra special for her this year. My wife does all of the cooking for … Continue reading →

The TJ started making a faint squeaking noise when going over any kind of bump. Anyone that knows me knows that I can’t stand squeaks and rattles. The noise was coming from the tailgate, because of the oversized spare tire … Continue reading →

I had a doctor appointment scheduled for this morning at 8a. It’s cold as hell, so I tried to remote start my truck. It did not start. No lights, no crank, no nothing. I drove the truck 2 days ago … Continue reading →

This is an ongoing saga that is not yet resolved… However, one thing that has been determined is that Frigidaire has the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with in my entire life. Update: After 35 … Continue reading →

I needed to replace the water pump and the lifters on my Jeep TJ. The lifters are quite involved, since you have to remove the head from the engine. I decided to do this job in the winter, since I … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I noticed that my ZFS array was resilvering, due to a HD failure.  This is the first time a drive has failed in my ZFS array, which is a little over 2 years old.  My ZFS … Continue reading →

So the night before thanksgiving, I’m doing some work in my office and I hear, “Dave…  The TV isn’t working.”  Great.  The DirecTV HD DVR in my living room evidently crapped out.  It locked up, and upon rebooting it I … Continue reading →

So my neighbor has a large Silver Maple tree in her backyard.  It hangs over my driveway and frequently drops large branches on our vehicles.  I’ve had lots of dents/scratches in my vehicles over the year, courtesy of this tree.  … Continue reading →

So over the last couple of days, I have been building a new VMWare server / NAS in my basement.  This involves ordering and assembling probably 50 different components.  One of those components is the case that everything mounts to.  … Continue reading →

May of 2010 we are in the process of moving from Lansing to Grand Rapids. I have loaded up the Traverse I was driving at the time with boxes, kids and hooked up the camper to haul to the new … Continue reading →