The 2011 Pictures are In

I just finished uploading my 2011 Keywaybeek pictures.  As always, if anyone wants the full-resolution version of these or my older pictures for a computer desktop or whatever, let me know.  There's a new "Jim 2011" link @ the bottom of the blog.

I've added kitchen counter replacement to the fix-it idea list.  There's leftover counters in my Dad's barn we could use if all approve (see picture below).  We could also use the sink, but some stuff would have to be rearranged in the kitchen.  I've also taken the ceiling fan off the list.  A cheap reliable one has been obtained, and I'll put it in next summer, and move the light it replaces to one of the bedrooms (with a new switch), if there aren't any objections.

As always, if you'd like to be able to post on this blog and use the Keywaybeek Kalendar, click on the big "Keywaybeek"  at the top, then read further down the blog.

-Yeem

iKeywaybeektunes is Good to Go!

All the parts have been assembled and tested.  Except for a power strip & some cheap speaker/appliance wire me & Dad can pick up in MI or ONT, the 25,800-or-so tune jukebox is ready to install into Keywaybeek.  I'll try to write up a manual type thing while I'm up there, including all the idiosyncrasies and navigation tricks to my music library.  False alarm on the non-working amplifier!  I had to blow another ten bucks on a 5 amp AC/DC adapter.  2 amps didn't cut it.  Apparently, it's the amplifier of choice for Indian (with a dot, not a feather) motorcycle cabs.  For $16, I wasn't expecting to rattle any windows with it, and it won't -- guaranteed, but we'll have 68 1/2 days worth of music at our disposal.

I guess the main issue is where to put it.  I could either build a retro-looking fold-down box over the bureau in the living room (pictures would have to be moved), or a fold-down shelf between the studs in the SE corner of the living room (to the right of the big window),  or out on the porch in the vicinity of the Victrola (which isn't working).  It needs to be fairly close to a power outlet.

I'm flying into Lansing on the 5th then riding up, and then back down to Okemos & out from Lansing on the 19th.  That's too many travel days, but since I'm not working right now -- rat's ass.  So far so good with the semi-retirement thing...

-¥eem