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As the need arises, I perform water tests for various parameters, but usually I do the full battery of tests monthly at the minimum. Much to my shock, I discovered that I've not done so since Dec 31, 2009! So here are my results from today.



The one number that is the biggest concern is Phosphate, which is way out of whack. It isn't surprising because my skimmer hasn't been operating correctly for some time now, ...

Who needs it? Driver’s Licenses are SO last century.

How often do you really pull out a driver’s license? Sure, if you speed an officer may request it. Or when you get carded when purchasing liquor at the supermarket or when getting drinks with friends. For me, that’s just occasional use. So whenever I’m asked for it, I open my wallet and search for it. My debit card and Blockbuster card get far more use - trust me.

When I fly out to speak to other clubs, that’s ...

At Next Wave, our annual one-day conference, we fly in speakers and peruse the vendor's wares for stuff to bring home. I held out until the end, but after selling an item from my Reef Shop, I had cash to burn.

So I raced into the vendor's room to see what was left, and bought a bunch of goodies. Two of the vendors had a disaster; the airlines didn't ship the livestock on their flights, so they arrived and had nothing. Everything arrived around 1pm during our conference after ...

I decided to take a few pictures last night and these came out pretty nice.













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If it has been a while since you backed up your computer, do so now before you forget again. Protecting all your data is important as once it is lost, you rarely can recover it. I have an external harddrive that I use only for backups, and hook it up occasionally to do a full back up. Last night, I backed up 82gigs of images, videos, and website content that I've amassed over the past 10 years. Having a fresh back up is best.

I don't use programs like Ghost as I don't want my files ...