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Dear Russians,

Just wanted to let you that I appreciated all the porn you uploaded to my blog; sure saved me the trouble of downloading it myself! It was also fun browsing the logs and translating the Google searches back to English to see what sort of porn people were searching for. Lots of fun there; thanks again!

If you created an account on here more than two weeks ago, I’ve reset your password. Please use the “I forgot my password” link and get a new one. If you created an account more recently than that for porn surfing, well gosh! I guess your account was deleted! Weird, huh.

Love,
Joshua

I’ve owned a 3G iPhone for just about a month now. I’ve been following AppShopper.comt’s Free Apps RSS feed, too. Several apps are dropping down to free for the Holidays so now’s a particularly good time to download new apps.

Below, you’ll find my list of apps I like and at the bottom are the also-rans.

All are free except Things and 1Password (which is dually noted below). I jailbroke the phone, so the hierarchy below are the categories (i.e. folders) I set up using the Categories app.

I jailbroke the phone. In addition to Categories, jailbreaking the phone let me change the way Springboard looks. I’ve also added an extra icon to my Dock. All handy. I used QuickPwn and had to give it three tries before I had the right firmware and finger timing to reset the iPhone. Third time was the charm.

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Ty Rose’s apartment just burned down. He has nothing. Help get him back on his feet with a donation.

We’re now accepting payments via Google Checkout and PayPal. Both will take your regular credit cards. In other words, you don’t need to create an account on either.

As of Nov 11, we have $740 donated. That’s enough for some of the necessities of life and a computer. Anything you can spare will help, things or cash. On the list of things, we have an alarm clock and an LCD display.

Update: Nov 12: we’re up to $880 – in only three days, wow!

Final update: Nov 17: The donation drive is done. $950 was collected. Ty now has a big gift card for Freddy’s and a shiny new computer. Thanks for all the help – you guys rock!

The teardrop won’t be happening this year. I could possibly get it on the road but I’d end up cutting more corners than I want to. Fact is, I’m still waiting on mailorder deliveries. The portholes haven’t been delivered yet and I haven’t even ordered the galley hinge.

Instead of rushing and making more mistakes than I have to we’re going to push back the completion date as much as we need to.

Plan B for camping this year is an 18′ dome. We’ll put our tents in it which will reduce sun and dust exposure. Even with the tents in the dome, there will be a nice sheltered area in front of them for hanging out, getting dressed; that sort of thing.

Manda plasma cut the barrel a month ago. I made the stand this afternoon. It folds under the barrel for transportation.

Manda and Karissa really know how to glue and screw.

Took the trailer out for a spin. Hit the potholes on my street at a good clip; everything settled down after a bounce or two. Took the highway at 65 over to Lowes for more plywood. They didn’t have much in the way of 1/8″ and 1/4″ sheets so I went over to Home Depot. Much better selection. Still lacking in what I need. I’ll try Mr. Plywood tomorrow. After that, we can put the sides on and have what should look like a teardrop!

Karissa grabbed the sander and went to town. She sanded all of the outside visible edges on the kitchen cabinet. Took the door hardware off and sanded the doors, too. When that was done, she grabbed a paint brush and primered the lot.

While she was busy, I drilled holes through the deck and chassis for carriage bolts. After tightening everything up, I realized that I should have laid down a bead of caulk between the layers. Out came the bolts, recaulked everything, and rebolted things, too. 10 minutes with an angle grinder and the bolt excess was trimmed away. Primered and painted them.

The trailer is now ready to make its maiden voyage, out to pick up more plywood and veneer.

Choices, choices. Behind door number one we have custom cabinetry: perfect and beautiful. Door two has pre-owned cabinetry, recycled from houses being torn down.

On one hand, I could build all the cabinets and they’d fit like a laser-cut jigsaw puzzle. On the other, I could get cabinets that mostly fit, are already built, and move on to other tasks. Oh, and cheap.

I sat down, figured out how much space is available, how big a Yeti Roughneck cooler we wanted (60 qts), and went to The ReBuilding Center to look for cabinets. The ReBuilding Center is massive. They had five long double-sided rows of cabinets. Cabinets for the kitchen, vanities for the bathroom, entertainment consoles for the living room, and 16-18 piece wall units for, um, places with a long of wall space.

I took home a matching double and single cabinet. These will be stacked on one another at the front of the trailer and used for clothing. They’re narrow enough that I can install a horizontal pole next to them which will be our closet. An elastic cord or two will hole the hanging clothes in check while we travel and sleep.

For the kitchen, we have what used to be an entertainment hutch or part of a desk. The cooler will slide sideways into the void. This cabinet is within an inch of the ideal width. (The picture is sideways but that’s to show its final orientation.)

All three cabinets? $20.

Check the old posts out – I got one of Nikon’s proprietary camera cords (what, they couldn’t make do with any of the four standard USB plugs and had to make their own?) and added the pictures I’ve been taking up until now.