Joe's Personal Blog

We needed a dog barrier for our living room to keep out doggie visitors.  Here's what we built from PVC pipe. This is about a 6 food wide opening. The piping is press fitted together.  We didn't use any glue. This is short enough that anyone can step over yet tall enough to imply a barrier. The important part is the hook that we made that semi-locks the barrier into place. We can take the barrier down by just twisting off this lever/catch.  They come out easy if they aren't glued. We take the whole thing down when we have guests  or when the Mah Jongg crowd comes over.

I had problems with my hands about 12 years ago.  My right elbow and shoulder hurt and my hands had a dull ache.  I was able to fix my right arm by moving the mouse from the right hand side to the left hand side of my keyboard.  This brought it in closer because the left hand side of the keyboard is closer to the user because it doesn't have a numeric pad on that side. It still wasn't perfect.I wanted to fix both my hand and shoulder worries with a balanced keyboard and trackpad approach.  The keyboard fix involves using a keyboard designed around the movement of human hands and arms. In my case this turned out to be the Kinesis Advantage keyboard with the Cherry mechanical key switches.  Keyboard snobs really like the mechanical switches. I understand why after 10 years on my original keyboard. They have a great feel.  The Kinesis Advantage moves some of the most common keys from the weak pinky fingers to to the more powerful thumbs.  Kenisis splits the keyboard so that t

Merriweather Post Pavillion is an outdoor music venue in Columbia Maryland. http://www.merriweathermusic.com/ Merriweather Post Pavillion has more food and refreshment options than a lot of venues we've been too. This sign shows the types of food and where they are located.  The next picture shows the other half of the billboard with a map to each of the locations.  I forgot to take picture of the lower right of the directory. Folks looking for beer, mixed drinks, frozen drinks and other alcoholic beverages will have to do their own scouting. Merriweather Post Pavilion Food and drink map.