Yesterday was a long day. After a trip to Home Depot at 0800, we got to work fixing the plumbing first. By 1900 the new subfloor was finally in.

• The sillcock was just a bonus because the floor was up. I tried to unscrew it from the outside but ended up twisting apart the copper pipe instead. That’s okay, we didn’t need that one anyway. I cut and capped its supply pipe.

• The new shower valve body was soldered into place (14 solder joints!) and checked for leaks. Repaired a leaky joint (twice) and now all is dry. Still have to pressure-test the tub spout and shower head joints before putting up the Kerdi board. The tub/shower faucet (and matching sink faucet) hardware is Kohler Mistos in polished chrome.

from Peopleware (sarcastically):

Knowledge is so valuable, we must use it sparingly.

Stuff that isn’t there anymore:

• mirror

• baseboard

• vanity

• toilet

• light fixture

• plastic shower wall coverings

• some sort of pressboard drywall covering, multiple layers

• tile on wall

• unusable drywall (rips, holes, glue, paint, water damage, mold)

Ignorance is no excuse for stupidity.

Dear Larry,

Please – stop it! You killed Google Reader. Then you killed Latitude. Then I just found out that you stopped supporting XMPP server-to-server federation back in March. No wonder I couldn’t get external friends to IM with me! I moved off of my own XMPP server to use Google because you supported federation. You complain that nobody is working towards open standards, so you pull your support for it? You’re supposed to be better than the other guy. Set an example, don’t play at their level. Microsoft will quickly pick me up where you so curtly dropped me off. They’re great at innovating neutralizations, even if they’ve never had an original thought in their entire existence.

Brilliant idea! Not sustainable, but after all it comes from an oil company…

Korean Oil Company Helps Drivers Save Gas With…Parking Balloons?.

You can’t argue with stupid.