http://www.chattavegas.com/blog drewcifer's BLOG Fri, 08 May 2009 05:27:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently my local PBS station started carrying the show The Woodsmith Shop which is hosted by the editors of Woodsmith Magazine. This is a great show for beginning and advanced woodworkers alike. For me, a beginner, the show is great because it is mostly about techniques and not about building ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/woodworking-activities/2009/05/08/rolling-shop-cart/ I am working on building an outfeed table for my table saw. This provides support for long peices of stock that I am ripping and crosscutting on my saw so they don't drop on the floor and create an unsafe working environment. This outfeed table will extend back an additional ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/woodworking-activities/2009/04/30/outfeed-table/ Nik and I have been digging in the dirt in our never ending quest to do away with grass and replace it with something that we can eat or is pretty to look at. Last month we planted radishes, mustard greens, red leaf lettuce and kale. The mustard greens and ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/gardening/2009/04/30/garden-fun/ I have been really thinking a lot about woodworking again and with the Spring in full effect and the arrival of a Woodcraft store in Chattanooga I am pumped to really start building some things. I started a month ago building a workbench which I will upload a gallery of ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/woodworking-activities/woodworking-projects/2009/04/24/workbench/ Gilligan and I met at 9:30 this freezing AM for 2 hours of riding at racoon mountain. The trails were a bit obscured with the freshly fallen leaves but overall it was very enjoyable. Well almost everything was. My feet got pretty cold even though the rest of me stayed ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/uncategorized/2008/11/19/cold-coon-ride/ After a long hiatus I have decided to start making homebrew again. My first 2 batches are kitsI got from Homebrew Heaven, a Red Ale and a Belgian White Ale. Both of these kits are very well put together with superb instructions that even a beginner could follow. Since I ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/uncategorized/2008/11/14/making-homebrew/ Congressman Earl Blumenauer added some new legislation to the $700 billion bailout that helps employers encourage bicycle commuting. The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2009 allows employers who sign up for the program to allow a fringe benefit of $20 per month for employees towards the purchase of a bicycle, bicycle ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/activities/cycling/2008/11/11/biking-legislation/ Tonight at JJ's we booked a Nashville band the Nobility to open a show for a band performing at JJ's for the first time Eddies in the Wind. Unfortunately this was the wrong order in my opinion. The Nobilty are that kind of dancy power pop that the Nashville area ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/music/2008/09/06/we-dont-always-get-it-right/ I found them on the Internet and tried to purchase a bike rack for my Forester. I thought everything was going ok until a week later when I had heard nothing from them regarding my order since I got the order confirmation email. On the site it "claims" they do ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/activities/cycling/2008/08/27/subaruxtrascom-blows/ September is lining up to be an awesome month down at my favorite club JJ's Bohemia but last night did not fail to satisfy either. There were 3 acts lined up for the show last night, Chooglin' from Minneapolis, New Familiars from Charlotte, NC and local favorites Christabel and the Jons ... http://www.chattavegas.com/blog/music/2008/08/22/christabel-new-familiars-and-chooglin/