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Black Sabbath rocks

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

I think “A National Acrobat” by Black Sabbath is my all time favorite song.

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Humidor

Posted on January 11, 2011 by admin

I finished my humidor last month – my first box ! It’s my first time working with walnut with spanish cedar lining. The dark edges are ebony (also a first).

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With the helpful tips from online forums I managed to sign up for the American version of Netflix and cancelled my subscription to the Canadian version. So much more content than up here, I’m glad I ditched cable tv. I have unlimited instant streaming of HD movies and television shows than I can handle. If I ever have to watch a current tv episode I’ll just watch it on the laptop and connect it to the tv.

In order to sign up for the US Netflix you have to have their website see your ip coming from the US so you have a few choices. Either run a program to hide your ip (Anchor Free Hotspot Shield) which is insanely slow with ads popping up eveywhere or sign up for a DNS service like usvideo.ca. For these guys you just pay $4/month and they let you use their DNS server that you type in your network setting on whatever device you’re using and you’re American. Your ip is still your same old Canadian one but all traffic looks like it’s coming from the US servers.

Now when you go to Netflix.com it looks like you’re from their country and are able to sign up. There’s a catch, you need a credit card with an American Address. Luckily there’s virtual credit card services like Paypal that let you add funds to the card and you can use that to pay. EntroPay is another one.

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Cononut cream pie chocolates

Posted on January 6, 2011 by admin

I just tried a white ferrero rocher chocolate and it tasted just like coconut cream pie. So tasty!

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Tim Horton’s rant

Posted on December 17, 2010 by admin

The Tim Hortons triple chocolate donut is disgusting. This means nothing to my American audience.

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Wobbleboard

Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin

I was asked to make a wobbleboard for someone at work after he hurt his ankle. It’s basically a pogo-ball only you strengthen your ankle by rolling it around at progressing angles.
Here’s my version complete with a removable insert. The main ball part makes it at a 12 degree angle and with the insert it’s at 17 degrees.

It’s made of 3/4″ red oak with a bent inlay of maple wrapping around the edge. In order to bend the maple around the circle I had to steam bend it, then glue it. I made a steam box using 2″ black HDPE water pipe hooked up to a large pot of boiling water at a 90 degree angle. The steam goes up through the hole in the pot lid through the 90 degree 6 foot long pipe with a cap on the end. I stick the wood strips in the pipe and cook for about 30 minutes. I have about 20 seconds to clamp it in position before it hardens.

I used a bandsaw circle cutting jig to cut out the circle of oak planks and a drum sander to smooth it out. I finished by spraying a few coats of polyurethane.
It was a simple project but I got to make a circle cutting jig that I’ll use the the future as well as trying out steam bending. I also turned the ball on the lathe. Pretty cool.