Academic journal articles come in a variety of flavors, qualities, and availabilities. If you have been gathering journal articles and other artifacts of scholars over your academic career you will have a healthy trove of original and recent articles. Each…
WARNING: There are graphic pictures included. If you are squeamish now is your chance to look away. What is a PICC line? A PICC Line is Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. Basically it is a long thin tube inserted directly into…
This is not the ideal way to spend the holidays. I was supposed to be on vacation with my family, sailing to the Bahamas, relaxing in the sun and playing in the warm blue water. Instead I spent the week…
The following is NOT the only way to study. It is a way to study and I expect you will adapt it and make it your own. Between an associates degree, two bachelors degrees, a masters degree and a doctoral degree…
This year was very interesting for Sydney, Stuart, Simon and Sam. We gave away, or threw away over 90% of our stuff. Changed where we live. Changed our jobs Changed how we live. Well we had a lot going on.…
Unlike several of the other projects this was not on our planned list of projects. We use a version of SCRUM to plan out projects based on cost, time, and system critical nature. As an example to replace two compressor…
Eoti came with a set of davits and an engine launch crane. The davits had been modified to take an OEM solar ready kit which a newish Kyocera 260 watt panel had been installed on. The davits are nice davits…
The Plastimo 6 person LifeRaft that came with the boat was due for inspection in June 2018. We bought the boat in March and sailed down the Atlantic Coast figuring that it would likely be just fine. In June we…
You know how life is going along and everything is good, really good. You have a great job, live on your boat, you’re empty nesters, and everything seems to be falling into place. Then…PLOT TWIST! This really is my life.…
Use cases are important to understand and are usually the case upon which most people argue. I would remind the reader this is how I am refitting my boat and you may take a different path on your refit. We…
If you are going to live and cruise on a boat you are going to want to sleep. We never want to feel like we are camping. We want to have the live aboard lifestyle with out the fuss and…
This is the life of all good. In March 2018 Sydney and I set out to live on a boat, sail, and work at our new awesome jobs. We are having a blast. Baseball games, awesome co-workers, an excellent boat, and…
If you are concerned about icky this post is not for you. When you buy a boat that is 18 years old it is going to have some issues. Everybody has their own personal tastes and that includes toilets. We…
“You’re always telling me what to do!” “You never tell me what to do!” “You’re to lazy to actually lead!” A subordinate in a stressful situation can make a lot of allegations but the root of the problem may…