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Zen and the art of Kubota grass blower repair

Tweet Kubota tractors are wonderfully overbuilt, but nightmarish to work on, so much so I sense that even my dealer, MB Tractor in Plaistow, N.H., doesn’t want to do it. My latest project was replacing the plastic housing on my GC54-24B …

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Why I despise car shopping

I knew it would be a waste of two hours. The salesman would go through the usual interrogation, asking me for contact information, what colors I liked, how

Gun control: it’s just common sense.

I read this paper on gun control to the Tuesday night Club on April 2, 2013 Propelled by the tragic shootings in Newtown, the rancorous gun

Nuff said….

Twitter turns seven video

This is a great video summarizing Twitter's first seven years. It's short, of course.

January a solid month for solar production

January was a solid month for my 7 kW solar system - 501 kilowatt hours (kWh) or about 100 kWh's short of our consumption. Compare that to an

Verizon Wireless tireless and not always above board in trying to lengthen contracts

Anyone reading my rants knows I've been railing against Verizon Wireless (VzW) phone contracts, and why not? The carrier just keeps giving me more ammunition. Here's two more little

Fitbit pedometer rocks…except when you lose it

Since surgery in late August, I have been doing a lot of walking and hiking. Liking gadgets, I often wondered how far, how many steps

Rooftop solar energy in the dark days of December

When the days are short and skies cloudy, the output from my 29 rooftop solar panels drops precipitously. So far during this gloomy December, my system has produced just

iPhone 5 v. Motorola Droid Razr M

I made the leap to 4G last week on the iPhone 5 and am feeling absolutely, well, ok about it. Not thrilled. Not ecstatic. Just ok and feeling like

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