Notes on Software, Sailing, and Stuff
Jon This very simple family recipe was served only at breakfast on Christmas morning. It is made the day before, chilled, then fried on Christmas morning. The cardamom brings back string memories of my father and his mother (my grandmother). Ingredients 2 Cups Rice, cooked 3 Cups Milk 2 Whole eggs, beaten 1/2 Cup Sugar 3 … Read more
Ingredients 1 TBSP Horseradish 1 TBSP Baby Dill 1 TBSP Tobasco 1 TBSP Black Pepper 1 TBSP Celery Seed 1TBSP Celery Salt 1 TBSP A-1 Steak Sauce 1 Cup Worcestershire Sauce 5 Oz Pepporcini Juice 2 Bottles Clamato 1 42 Oz V-8 Vegetable Juice
There are several ways to add add font files that are not supported by themes or plug-ins “out of the box”. This post describes the method used in this site. 90% of the method used was described on this page from OnLine Media Masters with some modifications. In a nutshell, the process involves the following … Read more
Blocks of text There are several reasons to break out text to stand alone from the content body. The style of the block depends on the reason. Code sample (snippet) A snippet of code should look like a screenshot of an old school editor. The background is black, the text is bright (probably yellow) and … Read more
This post is written for my future self. I seem to come back to this issue a lot. This post is a collection of techniques I’ve found and sometimes used. Image + Text on a signature line An image followed by text always places the text aligned with the bottom of the image. Take this … Read more
During a warming spell in February a professional diesel mechanic came to try to start the engine. The engine is an Westerbeke W30 and the mechanic came from a Westerbeke dealer. It was my best chance at getting it running. This was the whole reason for leaving the boat in the water over the winter … Read more
The heater kept it warm enough to do work in the middle of winter. A working bilge pump was the number one priority. There was all kinds of disgusting crud in the bilges. The cabin had to stay buttoned up to keep the heat in, and stirring up the bilge water made the odor unbearable … Read more
The marina places circulating de-icers at the bottom of our slips to keep ice from forming. Temperatures dropped to the single digits in January and ice was soon forming. It seemed to work at first. Eventually the de-icer at the bottom of the slip had failed. The power cord was rubbing on the dock, chaffed … Read more
A lease was signed for in-the-water storage for the winter. Most boats get put “on the hard” for winter, but keeping boats in the water for winter is not unusual. The plan was to get the diesel engine running so the boat could be moved under her own power come Spring. If work was to … Read more
The journey started a few weeks before Christmas 2017. An ad for a Pearson 35 appeared on Craigslist. I had been watching the “Boats for Sale” section for the past two months and just about gave up trying to find any deals. After an exchange of e-mails with the owner we agreed on a date … Read more