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It has been quite a while since my last post.  I was planning on updating the the blog this summer…but you know the story; woulda, coulda, shoulda.  Here’s a family photo from Niagra falls that says it all!

Its been a while since my last post…winter has been cold and as a result I
have not been to the boat. My latest project is a drink holder. So far I’m
pretty pleased on how its turning out. I do have to be honest though…it
is going to be quite expensive if you figure in the tool cost in its cost.
Now I know how the government ends up buying 1000 dollar toilet seats. My
costs to date; wood $15, new table saw blade $44, hole saw $19, router bit
$35. What makes this all the more disappointing is that I could have
purchased an oak one form defender.com for $17.

I thought that I would test a posting by blackberry. Not very much fun
writing with my thumbs….in fact this is really stupid!
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Another productive weekend….I finally got my fuel polishing system assembled.  I assembled it on a piece of plywood with all the required valves.  Now, I just need to install it in the boat and hook up the connections from the tank, to the engine, from the engine, and to return to the tank. 

I ordered a Link 20 Battery monitor from Jack Rabbit Marine. The Link 20 with the installation kit was $340…ouch! This will allow me to bettermonitor our battery capacity and the current state of charge. In talking with Stacey and Neil from www.sailzora, they said this is a crucial piece of equipment and referred to it as a marriage saver. If it will stop arguments about how long to run the engine, it is cheap marriage counseling. Right now, our battery bank consists of 2 4D’s….I will be adding another battery in the future as a dedicated starting battery and wiring the 4D’s in parallel as our house bank. I will also be adding a solar panel to provide some additional charging capacity this summer.

Major accomplishments this weekend…got the cron job to allow for automatic posting of emails.  This will allow me to blog from a blackberry…or via ham radio (through winlink or sailmail)…or from anywhere with email access.  I also got the ability to import and display a video to work….my first attempt, while functional was not really satisfactory.  If you don’t click on the picture, you’ll see what I mean (Windows makes the whole video load before playing so you wait with nothing going on)…the new way will show you that something is indeed happening. 

Other than playing with the website, I didn’t do much.  I had the kids all day on Saturday (Lorri went to visit her sister in Bangor).  I took the kids the new Charlotte’s Web movie.    Cute movie, well done with the exception of Charlotte.  Julia Roberts did the voice….very disappointing.  I hope she wasn’t paid very much because she was lame.  She was very flat…like she was just reading a script.  I always thought she was over-rated as an actress anyway.  Georgia had a birthday party to go to, so I took Jasper to Maine Rock Gym (of course after a quick drive by of Indulgence to see how her shrink wrap is holding up).  The kid is a natural.