Greg of All Trades

11/03/2022

Got a tool tattooed on my arm today! No more looking for a ruler! Done by Louie Pecce at Golden Yeti Art Collective.

09/27/2022

I’m making progress on the Screen Deck Upgrade

Let me know what you think!

So we have a screened in porch in the back yard the we LOVE. And although is keeps bugs out all year round, There’s two times a year, where the space is basically unusable. Yep - you guessed it, the height of summer and the freezing temperatures in winter. We decided to remodel it with 4 track vin...

09/26/2022

Gonna have shrimplets soon!!

09/26/2022

Made a new mallet over the weekend - it’s great for hitting wood with other wood. Made from scrap cherry, walnut, and maple.

09/09/2022

Finally got around to rebuilding the surface of my table saw! It looks cooler and it won’t tip over when you put something heavy on it. Win win.

07/25/2022

Here is the latest progress on my backyard pond!

Using a pressure pump to water the gardens and auto fill to replace the water automatically.

07/03/2022

Ever thought about the cycle of chemicals that needs to be balanced in a happy aquarium ecosystem?

This post is not going to be perfect. It’s my understanding and learnings based on my experiences getting started with planted aquariums. Much of this is an over simplification, but it’s the mental model of how I think of my ecosystems. One of the things that had kept me out of the water keeping...

07/01/2022

Internet friends, I need your help naming this fish. He’s my new Triple Red Apistogramma Cacatuoides and he’s amazing! This is also the place for intentionally bad names ;)

06/04/2022

This is my second post on the things I’m learning about mental load. I got some great comments which prompted this followup!
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06/04/2022

https://buff.ly/3tgKBzJ Do you know of any fool-proof ways to clean aquarium glass? I have a white haze I can't get rid of. I've tried, vinegar, alcohol, barkeepers friend, plain old scraping... nothing is working.

You know when you research something and think - “this is pretty straight forward, I can handle this”. This one worked out ok. I bought a 55 gal aquarium on FB Marketplace for $50. It appears to be a reasonably high quality Aqueon retailing roughly around $200. I brought the tank home and perfor...

05/30/2022

Got my arms good and wet rescaping this tank today. Love the new look!!

05/21/2022

I’m stopping this art. It’s by no means perfect, I learned enough doing this that it’s time to start over. I’ve had it done for a while, just apprehensive about sharing it. What do you think? What can I improve on next time?