theMcMurray’s Blog

Insights into our crazy world!

Archive for 2005/04


The Motor Capitol of the world

Here I am in Detriot Michigan, which welcomed me with a very scary landing. The pilot said we had 20 mph wind sheers – I’m sure he really meant 50 mph because a few times the plane was moving sideways! We finally landed (after our right wing almost touched the runway!) I’m here to help [...]

Wind Damage

We had wind speeds in excess of 85 MPH last week which worked a nice little number on our roof. All in all we lost about 30 shingles. I’ve had about 4 trips up on our roof to fix other missing shingles! I’m happy to say that all my ‘fixed’ shingles held on tight. I’m [...]

Drawing online

Want to have some fun? Check out this URL: http://web.okaygo.co.uk/apps/scratchpad/flashcom/ This is a fun example of the Flash Communication Server which I’m playing around with right now. 

30 hour water shortage!

Self inflicted of course! I was plumbing a basement room and thought I’d been done with the task pretty quickly. Well – one of my welds wasn’t so tight and I was unable to fix the job in the same day (Since I tested for leaks after Home Depot were closed). 30 Hours is a [...]

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