From Cavemen to Concrete Polishing

by William Borris Unless you’ve been living in a cave for most of your life, you would be familiar with concrete ... -effective and less cleaning-intensive than its other alternatives. Concrete Polishing is the future ... . It is so common, your concrete-overfed eyes will likely be eager to look away from it, preferring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:45:35

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My new stamp room

Well... It's been a LONG time coming!! The divorce is OVER, I'm moved and settling in... And the craft room is finally taking shape ... of the room before I moved in..After this.. Came the dry wall. We went through 2 different contractors ... out. We ended up finishing the priming and painting ourselves. See the nice clean concrete floor? Well watch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 03:36:00

How To Build A Dog Kennel

Building a dog kennel is actually a fairly easy venture if you have a basic knowledge of construction and some important tips about how to do it ... openings are facing the road or a neighbors house, then you can expect far more barking and howling ... and concrete are easy to clean and maintain. Proper ventilation is your next concern in building a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:00:16

Pictionary For Kids

I have this fantasy where every night my family sits and plays a board game together. Instead, our evenings look a whole lot like making messes and the natural counterpart: cleaning ... concrete words like "egg" and "face."I never found anything, so I came up with a list of words on my own [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:23:00

I'm not afraid of the basement anymore!

Our home has an unfinished basement.  It has been used for storage since the early seventies...places like that just aren't clean and friendly.   Aside from our laundry machines, for us it has been home to a ton of musical and stage ... means no worries about paint or glue or glitter and the concrete floor is easily swept and cleaned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:48:50

An Angels' Blood, A Dead Man's Hand, & A Twilight Hero's Abs

AUTHORS & BOOKSRead my interview with author Justin Gustainis and enter the contest for a copy of his new novel, Evil Ways ... on my bed, staring at the ceiling, listening, thinking, 'This is brutal, this is dangerous ... . "I hated the smell of this place: concrete and institutional. Antiseptic. But all the cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:49:00

PlantWeb®: Digital Plant Architecture

PlantWeb®: Digital Plant Architecture PlantWeb® is a digital plant architecture that delivers proven results, and the DeltaV system makes it easy ... Acidproof Concrete - Structural Grade SprayCheck™ TW Monitors Tank Cleaning Operations From Outside ... And... 5 ExxonMobil Chemical Demonstrates Global Leadership In Film Technology At Pack [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:09:33

Vacuum Receivers

Vacuum Receivers These vacuum receivers offer great system versatility ... in Weight feeders. Acidproof Concrete - Structural Grade SprayCheck™ TW Monitors Tank Cleaning ... At Workington Site 9 Sniffing Out A Better Chemical Sensor 10 Texas Petrochemicals Announces [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:20:53

The 50 Skills Every Toolmonger Should Have

Our friends over at Gizmodo dropped a fun post last week outlining “the 50 skills every geek should have, ... stain and paint from bare concrete Spray paint a project in the dark Clean up crappy welds ... a leaking roof Balance your central heat/air-conditioning system Correctly wire a 3-way light switch Fix [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 00:44:29

Half Dose #56: Stillman Studio

The following text (in italics) and images are courtesy Pyatt Studio for a prefabricated studio/garage prototype they developed for Boulder, Colorado ... (above) and horizontally (below). The simple and clean form and materials (wood, glass and concrete [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:45:00

Two South African inventions

South Africans are proud of their inventors. It's almost guaranteed that if you're a foreigner and find yourself talking with South African friends ... who invented the dolos (the 20 ton pieces oddly-shaped pieces of concrete seen in the photo ... -first automatic pool cleaning system, the Kreepy Krauly and how the American company, Zodiac [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:41:42

How do I get Paint to stick to concrete?

Paint Wont Stick? This week, a curious customer from Houston, Texas contacted us with questions about striping in a parking garage ... and will be able to include this service in his contract. In most cases, striping on a smooth concrete surface ... maintenance staff, or a janitorial service, occasionally cleans the striping with some hot water [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:59:27

What happened in this alley?

Lives happened here Montreal, QC, August 2008 ... -worn brick and concrete stained by multiple graffiti-cleaning cycles were all testament [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 19:56:46

modern bathroom reno

There were two big dollar rooms that were not included in the cost of our addition, the kitchen and the bathroom ... cleaning easier we had a suspended walnut vanity with a concrete countertop that I made, as well ... when possible. Our white subway tile was from Home Depot and was way more affordable than a lot of other [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:00:48

Dutch paving stones clean air pollution

By mixing a photocatalyst with concrete, Dutch researchers have built a "green" paving stone that absorbs smog-causing pollution, cleaning the road in the process. [more...]

Date: 2008-08-10 13:57:39

On the Set of McG’s ‘Terminator Salvation’

Rising up from the plateau of the Albuquerque desert is the burned remnants of a concrete highway overpass, ... the unmistakable smell of… sewage. A cleaning service, blissfully [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 05:56:04

Behind this simple Act …

Many may wonder what is so unusual in a simple act of recycling ... , saving government spending on cleaning up the waste, helping prevent floods through the clearance tons ... something concrete and substantial. This is no mean achievement. This simple act of bowing low [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:52:05

Guiyang Handicapped Beggar’s Street Sidewalk Art

From NetEase (163.com) ... is done in chalk, his hand a cleaning rag… The self-proclaimed beggar artist life experience… ... rubbing against the concrete ground had already broken the skin of his palms, several of his fingers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 14:43:16

Visit to Chronicle Books

I’ve just returned from a super trip to San Francisco. You can see pictures from my show here, here or here ... , spacious and industrial looking. I love the exposed brick, concrete floors and areas where ... (a picture book of lots of handsome strong men holding babies and cleaning the house! ha!) , right [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 21:27:06

Updates

Thank you all for the tremendous response to my request for information about good places to move ... me one more day for a big cleaning push before the dreaded inspection. Once that is over, I'll be working ... most of time on concrete, either inside or out. I love that we saved her from the pound but regret [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:57:00

Hell Hole

Like a blob of tar, the thing had come out of the fissure in Kyle’s concrete floor. Not really tar either, just different ... instantly. It never protested. Toby was licking his paw and cleaning his face, but stopped. Twitched [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:34:23

What I Did Yesterday

In addition to a couple loads of dyeing, I cleaned off the tables out here in the office studio. Yikes ... to rip up the carpet and stain the concrete and put in area rugs, which I hope to find at Ikea in Dallas this weekend.But yesterday. First, in the mess of moving and cleaning and sorting, I forgot to eat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:01:00

29 Things in 2009

My friend Anna made 28 goals in 2008 last year, as well. She called hers concrete aspirations - a name that I love! ... for the basement. Piece and begin hand quilting. 10. Use only natural cleaners for cleaning the house. 11. Have a date night (at home or on the town) once a month. 12. Paint, carpet, decorate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 14:31:40

Tennessee coal ash slide, Day 3

UPDATE: Greenpeace sent a photographer to the area, and while the photographer was prevented from getting close, he got some good shots here ... Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards. The Kingston Steam Plant ashslide is already being called ... said. “We’re very concerned about how long it’s going to take” to clean the spill, she told CNN [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 17:56:00

Holiday Critiques #6

Happy New Year's Eve! I hope everyone has been able to take some time off and enjoy a holiday vacation ... out, but give us nothing concrete on what this all means. I think we need to know why she's hanging ... hits.Babs’ days, once full of grit-making and house-cleaning, just got a lot harder. Her husband’s growing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:39:00

Someone means to keep me humble

I've been going around with a swelled head this afternoon after reading Angela James' comments about me over on Marcia James' latest James Gang post ... , but the basement's now flooded.So on tomorrow's schedule is lifting the soaked carpet, cleaning the path so the repair people can get to the hot water heater which is wedged between the furnace [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:43:00

Could the Satyam/PwC fraud be the visible part of an iceberg? Where are India’s “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”? Isn’t governance rather poor all over corporate India? Bad public finance may be a root cause

  In a March 5 2007 article in The Statesman, I said: “Our farmers are peaceful hardworking people who should be paying taxes and user-fees normally but should not be otherwise disturbed or needlessly provoked by outsiders. It is the businessmen wishing to attack our farm populations who need to look hard in the mirror – to improve their [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:40:36

A Mighty Cool Story…

Hi Steve, Got to tell you a story and I'll keep it as short as I can. I had a good friend come in the store yesterday ... and my plan to start a window cleaning business. I showed him your course, that I have in a very nice binder, and he was impressed. Like me I think he thought window cleaning meant throwing some water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:52:52

I’ve had better weekends

‘Berluddy hell’, said Hubby yesterday morning, ‘it looks like the wind could reach 100mph this afternoon’ ‘Shit’, said I, ... Hubby was in the shower, cleaning our new foster dog (see below), so I called D next door in a panic: ‘ ... while I drove the front wheels of the car over it.  That stopped it.  Seriously, the wind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:56:26

Apply healthy indoor air tips in your home

During the dark, drippy days of winter, people spend more time indoors. This is a good time to peek into corners to assess the health of your home ... cleaning. Mold and mildew are common problems in our damp climate. To prevent mold growth, reduce ... or mold will return. Cleaning up mold should be done with soap or detergent and water. Protect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:15:36

schenectady’s slow learners on thin ice again

.. photo by Albany Times Union/Skip Dickstein (+ ENLARGE) Sometimes, it’s just too easy to poke fun at the City of Schenectady and its hard-working civil servants, so we try to stick with more challenging fare.   But, we can’t always resist the temptation to share the news: For the second time in less than a year, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:30:33

Some of Life's Little Setbacks

I find it hard to believe that I haven't written anything here since Christmas and that seems like a very long time ago ... is abundant, cleaning is done by a competent staff and cable TV is included--we spent the time cleaning up some old, or I should say antique--it sounds better--furniture. We buffed and polished a pair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:39:00

Thoughts and Ramblings

I’ve only worked one day in the past thirty, and it has given me a lot of time to think, contemplate, and get bored and frustrated ... with my homesickness, and lately I’ve been reading and cleaning a lot since I have nothing else ... been checking apartment ads almost daily because I’m seriously fed up with where we live. But who knows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:23:02

Do You Live On Planet Urine?

Are you a dog owner? Most Americans are and one of the biggest challenges we dog owners and dog lovers have is Housebreaking them ... or cleaning up after them). Even though I make every attempt to litter box train each new litter ... and odors from your carpets, upholstery, hardwood floors, even concrete. Right away I was skeptical [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:13:17

Why “Just Do It” Just Doesn’t Do It for You

“Just do it!” “Do Something!” “Act now!” “Ready, Fire, Aim!” We are surrounded, on a day-to-day basis, by the exhortation to act ... in specific ways. For example, the smell of cleaning fluid seems to prime us to desire cleanliness, and people in rooms scented with cleaning products tend to act in neat and orderly ways, cleaning up [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 01:22:11

Charlie Huston, Guest Blogger: Another Bloody Mess

[Ed.: Charlie Huston's latest book, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death (Amazon's pick as Best Book of the Month for January), descends into the grisly underworld of crime scene clean-up, appropriately inscribed with his indelible signatures: hilarious, inappropriate dialogue; outrageous supporting characters; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:38:37

I seem to have misplaced my cape...

Today I woke up when Rowen and Elliott came into our room and said, “Superhero!” Normally this would be a cute thing ... carpet cleaner and our professional-grade carpet cleaning machine (which is seriously one of the best ... . Acrylic Paint. On the carpet in the office, there’s a brown and blue pool. There’s a drippy blue trail [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 17:46:37

A new year - out of the ashes of the old

So 2009 is here already, with the promise of lots of news for the bay and the environment. I'm back to cover it, after an unexpectedly long hiatus. What had been planned as a weeklong break over the holidays suddenly became two with a back injury, which was no holiday at all. I hurt it cleaning off my old desk - a sharp reminder, if ever [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:56:01

Reasons to choose hardwood floor as your floor covering

Busby SEO Test There are many reasons to choose hardwood floor as your floor covering. · Wood doesn’t trap fumes or dust like carpet ... -efficiently change the entire look of a wood floor from time to time with stains, paints and inlays ... , you will want to care for it to keep it as beautiful as the day it was laid. Cleaning can be a daily chore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:50:20

Household Hint of the Day...

The way my house looks most of the time...wall-to-wall toys and baby blankets and piles of pillows we use for 'forts'.. ... a great one recently. I dunno about you, but I hate cleaning the inside of my microwave oven. Stuff ... it inside, then turn on your microwave for one minute. The steam generated from the damp cloth softens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:28:00

Concrete Floors Can be Classy

by Rick Amorey I didn’t really think much about the floor in our home, but after being discussed in a family meeting, ... , which is ideal for a lot of industrial applications. And for those like me that are simply ... that don’t want to make cleaning the floor an everyday chore. Finally, if you’re not the do-it-yourself [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:57:31

And finally...

And finally, the end of the neverending saga...As we last left off, H and I were on the road to Houston. We arrived at my (now former) BF's house at around 3. Here is where the description will have to cease being a true narrative ... like interminably long days spent at her house (though that actually ended up only being 4 nights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:02:00

10 Terrible Cases Of Kidnapping And Abuse

These are the stories of people (mostly youths) who were kidnapped or seriously abused. In researching a couple of entries I added to this submission, I was horrified to find that this type of thing is quite common. For obvious reasons, this list is in no particular order. 10 Masha [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 04:01:09

Time to Quit Procrastination

It’s a new year and many of us have started thinking about various resolutions: updating that resume, cleaning out the attic, starting that exercise routine. But the sad reality is that most of us will not follow through on these commitments, not because we’re insincere, but because tomorrow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:14:59

California Clean Tech Open Winners

Last Thursday was the California Clean Tech Open in which 6 winners were each given an entrepreneur’s dream package: ... (they seem to be targeting the large residential or small commercial level) so that they run on 20% less ... waste that requires no special cleaning, recycles all its water, generates no carbon dioxide [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:52:51

California fine-art photographer looks up to his piers and finds his artistic niche

"As a fine art photographer," says Jerry Hiller, "I am especially fortunate to live in Southern California. Our unique and diverse environment offers many subjects to photograph -- urban, nature, architecture, portraiture, automobiles and the like. Having photographed most of these, I wanted to find one subject that expressed my interest in nature, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:08:00

Help Me Pick out Tiles

First, I wanted to let everyone know that my Dishcloth class at Pottstown Knit Out went well ... tile Pros: Notice the similarity in the old vinyl flooring and this concrete tile? It matches ... : Hard Cold More labor intensive installation Option C: White porcelain tile Pros: Brightens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 19:03:37

New tape to protect buildings from explosions

New tape to protect buildings from explosions Posted by Roland Piquepaille @ 9:32 am Categories: Defense & Security, Engineering & Innovation Tags: Tape, Wall, X-FLEX Blast Protection System, Construction, Roland Piquepaille According ... with a water-based primer, developed by Berry, after cleaning to reduce the time it takes for the adhesive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:32:52

Tips On Putting Up Marble Floors Yourself

by Alix Montoya You can save a lot of cash with your a great looking marble floor if you just install them yourself ... a bucket, some clean cloths and some fasteners, tile spacers, a wet saw for cutting the tiles, a level, a trowel, a plywood, a squeegee and some sponges for cleaning up after. Make sure you’re safe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:17:38

I want to be a housewife

Yesterday I defrosted my freezer. I sat transfixed with a pastoral sense of home as I watched six months of accumulated ice drip into my carefully ... , I spent a few hours not in the office, by myself. As I neared the end of my cleaning, I started to panic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:23:19

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