Various methods on how to thaw / unfreeze a frozen water pipe....

Jan 28, 2014 by

With the recent extreme cold weather in the Northeast, you are probably now past preventing a pipe from freezing and are hopefully looking for a solution to get the water running again rather than a plumber to fix a burst pipe. I too am was in this situation. I have a 6 foot section of shower and tub frozen in a wall. If your pipe has not burst (yet). I combed the interwebs and compiled here various methods you can do to unfreeze / thaw frozen pipes or at least prevent the pipe from bursting. As with any DIY project use common sense especially when working with heaters and heat generating tools. Open the faucet I am guessing you found out that the pipe is frozen because the water does not come out of...

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Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns 2013...

Jan 18, 2014 by

2012 Migration Patterns by Atlas Van...

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Hacking a smart home front door lock...

Jan 15, 2014 by

Having a smart home may add convenience to your life and to a hacker who wants to enter your home.   A hacker opens a Vera lite door...

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You never know what you can find in a storage unit....

Jan 8, 2014 by

The case of Vivian Maier via  vivianmaier.com It started with a search for vintage photos and a chance purchase. Moved to a wordpress blog with no visitors ( like this one). Upgraded to a kickstarter campaign to make a documentary And along the way ended up saving part of an unknown photographers history and photographs from going into the trash from a storage unit. “It’s almost as if she left a perfectly arranged puzzle to be put together after her death.” FYI that does not look like a “(packed) storage locker”. The unit appears to be half or three quarters full.  If you do not need to access the items frequently she probably could have used one unit. And these units may have been used for years.  Note the North American Moving boxes in the...

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