Well, surprisingly, it was a lot more difficult to find the corrugated steel that I had initially planned on using as a roof material.
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Category Archives: Hobbies
A roof for the pizza oven
This past weekend I started to build a roof for the pizza oven. I was debating whether to use pressure treated lumber or cedar when Home Depot made up my mind for me putting cedar on sale (15% off) – making it the less expensive option.
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Beautiful bread boards!
This past Christmas, Chef Michael Smith showed a great looking bread board in a prize package he was putting together. The board was a demi-baguette board, made by Apple & Acorn Woodworking, in Ontario.
I ordered one as a birthday gift for my Mom, and she loves it! the craftsmanship of these boards is excellent, with a flawless finish, and there are rubber feet on the underside, so that the board doesn’t slide around on you. The board was well packed, and shipped via Canada Post, which was very reasonable. A nice added touch is that the board is inside a burlap bag, which will be useful if you need to store the board in a cupboard. My mom is going to find a spot in their kitchen to hang the board up and display it though – it’s really too beautiful to tuck away 🙂
New additions to the new aquarium
The stand for the 55 gallon aquarium turned out very well – unfortunately, the used aquarium I bought off Kijiji was way more scratched up than I had noticed. Over Christmas, Big Al’s had a sale so I bought a new one – which looks awesome. I also purchased a Hydor canister filter, and Eheim 150W heater.
The aquarium is up and running, and is currently stocked with:
- 6 siamese algae eaters
- 10 Black Tetras
- 27 Neon Tetras
- 10 Glowlight Tetras
- 3 bundles of Vallisneria spiralis
- 2 bundles of Hygrophila corymbosa
Hacking the Jeep
A very cool write-up, Hacking the Interior CAN-Bus – and another cool use of the Raspberry Pi!