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Hutch (no Starsky)

Posted on April 15, 2007 by ToyTrains1

I have a number of cabinets that contain my collection of VHS tapes.  For DVDs, well, they've just tended to pile up on top of those cases.  On Friday, I wanted to watch one that was toward the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Display Case

Posted on April 4, 2007 by ToyTrains1

This past weekend, I stopped by Home Depot and picked up some red oak.  While they didn't have the eight foot lengths that I need to make the large display case I've been promising myself for the Atlas reefers, they … Continue reading →

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Sometimes You Have to Shake Your Head

Posted on February 14, 2007 by ToyTrains1

I dunno — things that I take for granted doing when using my Canon still camera somehow get totally forgotten when I'm using my Canon DVcam.  Something about that last FF1 video was bugging me but I couldn't quite put … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning for the Web Site

Posted on February 5, 2007 by ToyTrains1

Though it's hardly spring, I've spent the last few days doing some spring cleaning on the main web site — refreshing pages with updated content, changing layouts, adding a few bells and whistles, updating graphics, etc.  All in all, it's … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to WordPress 2.1

Posted on January 25, 2007 by ToyTrains1

I upgraded both blogs to WordPress 2.1 last night.  It went well (good instructions always help) and everything has been running normally so I'm chalking it up as a success.

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Freaky Friday

Posted on December 1, 2006 by ToyTrains1

It's Friday, it's the first of December, and I was just outside in my shirt sleeves as it's seventy degrees (F) outside!  This has been a strange, strange year!  In train news, I recently received back my MTH PRR G5 … Continue reading →

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A Start

Posted on November 20, 2006 by ToyTrains1

The Garden Journal has turned out very well.  However, it's a bit circumscribed as it's intended to deal with the garden and nothing else.  That it's reblogged to Garden Voices simply casts that in stone.  So, I've created a second … Continue reading →

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