Christmas Bird

I decided what I am going to do as a next project.  I'm going to do the welder, I just need to find some places to get some microwaves.

I got a new thermometer for the smoker for Christmas.  Which is why I think that the turkey was so good.  Better than ever.

What to do next...

I am in the middle of deciding what my next project will be.  I've looked at a few things and am considering a few of the following:

A backyard medal smelter
A new smoker, because someone donated a 22.5 weber to me.
Homemade Arc Welder

I think that the Welder would be the thing that I would get the most use out of, and I will learn how to weld , always a useful skill.  Especially in the upcoming post apocalyptic zombie world that we may or may not be heading toward.

Swype Beta Reopened

I just got invited to the Swype beta, which has apparently re-opened. It is super smooth. I can't wait to get faster at it. I'm surprised at how fast I can go already. The only thing that would make it easier for me would be if it would be in the dvorak layout. Although, if it were I think that it would be slower, because all the words would be across the screen from each other.

Just to let you know, that Swype can work on older phones (the G1) although I do have the "2708" radio with 14mb xtra ram running the latest Cyanogenmod Daily that I have had the time to flash.  But it works just fine.

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Day 1-1 of DGMT

I did the test also 5 Minutes Before I started. My Latest DGMT! Results: I just did 56 pushups at 37 pushups/min in #DGMT!  DGMT is Drop and Give Me Twenty, an Android app that does the "100 pushup" program.  Sure, I could just workout normally, but wheres the fun in that?

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Snug as a UDS in a Rug

Alternate Title:  UDS in a Blanket!

I couldn't find anything on "the web" against wrapping a drum smoker in a blanket (admittedly I didn't look very hard), so I grabbed a blanket that may or may not be the property of the most recent moving company that I have used...

I wrapped it up because despite my best efforts the smoker would either shoot way up to 250 with all the holes open or hover around 208 with one hole closed.  I thought  to myself, "Self, I bet your smoker is loosing a lot of heat to the atmosphere.  If you were to wrap it up in that blanket, you could conserve heat."  And so I did.  So far the temp has evened out at 232 which isn't too bad all things considered (all of those things being the freezing temperature outside).   Heres to hoping that it doesn't catch on fire.  God Forbid I be the focus of the next safety brief, right after: "Don't deep fry a turkey inside," youll have to sit through:
"Do not wrap a Smoker or Grill in a U-Haul Blanket."

Also this is a picture of Kadence enjoying the first day of the Advent Calender that we made together.