by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2007 | HousePosts
I smell a spring project in the air… Ah, you’ve gotta love the smell of spring. Soft earth beneath your feet. Birds nesting on the porch. And the pleasant idea that it may be safe again to embark on a major project. For the last several weeks Kathy and I...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 21, 2007 | Commentary, Wanders
Let’s hope not… Friday brought a great (last?) blast of snow to the Northeast. About 12 inches around our house and plenty enough to allow us to put snowshoes on and get out into the woods. Kathy and I kicked it off with a nice, late Saturday afternoon...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2007 | Macworld, Writing
Still (protects you from) the bomb! Leveraging the strength of the Mac’s built-in firewall, DoorStop X Security Suite protects your Mac from unwanted access by making the Mac’s firewall easier to config and by making the firewall’s log files useful...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 17, 2007 | HousePosts
Kitchen/Dining The essence of home is a notion that, while hard to describe abstractly, seems to be understood intuitively. Patterns of Homeâ€â€The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design The Plan When we set out to design our house we saw our cooking and eating areas...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 10, 2007 | Commentary, HousePosts, Macworld, Writing
Or, why the RIAA is giving the Mafia a run for their money… This is no doubt a little off-topic for the likes of the HouseBlog universe, but it needs to be aired to as wide an audience as I can manage. So please forgive, forget, read on, and then...