July 2nd, 2008
I’ll be organizing Camp CONTACT at Burning Man this year. Dedicated to the dance form known as Contact Improvisation, we’ll have up to 100 contact improvisators camping at our camp, and our camp will be offering both beginners and advanced classes.
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January 14th, 2008
Do you want to avoid most spam and get a gmail account, personallized for your domain?
I can help you set up your domain name and get an unlimited number of email accounts associated with your domain.
I will help you with DNS settings to make this happen, so that you can make full use of the Google Apps Functionality which you can sign up for below:
Contact me at d@duane.com so we can set up an appointment and discuss payment options.
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August 12th, 2007
This is my humble home on the Internet, you can reach me at d@duane.com if you have any questions.
Darrell
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March 13th, 2007
Apollo FP-A25 pagers are Field Programmable.
In order to enter programming mode, take the battery 1/2 way out,
hold down the button that looks like this: ( || ) and re-insert the battery as you continue to hold down the (||) button for 5 seconds until the words “Password” and 0000 show up.
from there, push the button on the bottom right that looks like (’)
and program the frequency using the (||) and > buttons. When the frequency is programmed, press the (’) button to start entering capcodes.
After you’ve entered up to eight capcodes, you can also set a password to lock the programming of the pager. Press the (’) button one final time and the pager will reset and beep indicating that the new settings have taken effect.
You can also enter a diagnostic mode by removing the battery 1/2 way and holding down the (’) button for five seconds after re-inserting the battery.
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March 13th, 2007
I recently purchased an item from a national building supply retailer that indicated that it was for use as both a Lamp Finial (the decorative thing that goes on top of a table lamp and holds the lamp shade on) and a pull for a ceiling fan. I opened it but couldn’t figure out how to use it as a Ceiling Fan Pull. I called the company’s 800 number listed on the back of the package, only to find out that the package had been mis-labeled and that the item could only be used as a Lamp Finial.
The item sat for a few days on my desk. I searched the internet looking for a screw with a hole in the middle of it that would go into the threaded hole and hold a pull chain, but couldn’t find the right size. In my idle tweaking of things on my desk, I somehow got to a place where I was putting a zip-tie into the threaded end of the Finial, and realized that it would do the trick.
Items you’ll need:
-Ceiling fan pull chain with clips on both ends
-1/8″ drill bit & small drill
-Vice Grip
-A finial
-A zip tie (or 3) that has a small clip end that will thread into the end of the finial

First, put the zip tie into the vice grips …..

…and drill out the clip

Then, thread the chain with the chain clip through the zip tie clip.

And screw the zip tie clip into the finial

Continue turning the clip in the finial thread until the tie breaks off. It should be pretty much flush with the edge of top of the finial.

And now you have a pull for a ceiling fan or light switch!
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