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  • Repairing Earpad on M98 Headset

    Repairing Earpad on M98 Headset

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    Symptoms: The earpad came off. The rubber peeled off, and a lot of facial oil was in the earpiece. The foam part slipped off, and underneath, there was a lock ring, which holds the earpad onto the earpiece. Explanation: the plastic band that held the foam part onto the lock ring, by making the edge…

  • DIY Dustpan or Daspan

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    This is the best DIY dustpan video so far. He makes it from a canister, and cuts the canister in a way that will take advantage of the bends and corners already molded into the canister. He uses wood for the handle, and attaches it with screws; I hope he’s using washers. The design is…

  • Fruit Updates

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    An update of the project status. I’ve been busy health issues, and been going into a slow mode. June 2 Updates I checked the ume on May 27, and this was the ongoing status. The two bleach-treated batches were moldy, and the one that cleaned off better was less moldy. So neither overcame their mold.…

  • Alcohol Didn’t Fix the Mold

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    I pulled out the plums from the batch that I tried to “cure” with alcohol, called 3rd 2. It was soaked in weak sake that had been diluted a bit, and then salted, and it was way too hard. The alcohol killed off too much of the plum, and left it unable to ripen. I’m…

  • Prunus Mume, lost in translation

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    All over the web, there are people asking what to do with umeboshi, or the green fruit, prunus mume, aka, ume, aka Japanese plum, aka xi muoi, aka, maesil, aka Korean green plum, aka muoi, aka mume. Here in the San Gabriel Valley, nearly everyone eats something connected to this plant. Mexicans use chamoy sauce,…

  • Umeboshi and Maesil Rot

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    I opened up the two pressing vessels and repacked them into jars. One was seven days old, and the other was six days old. They both had some moldy plums, so I pulled the moldy ones. The mold problem wasn’t that serious. It was very little bread mold, and small spots of black mold. So,…

  • Umeboshi Misadventures

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    We had a big crop of ume this year – only around 10-15 pounds, but that’s good to me. Here are the results so far. My mom and I clashed over how to do this. She was of the “press large batches”, don’t clean too much, and salt enough school of thought. I’m of the…

  • Hikes, Walks, and Bookstores

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  • Lifehacks Here

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    This is an “article bucket” for “life hacks”, or DIY repairs, instruction manuals, device codes, and so forth. If you’d like to write some articles, contact the admin. Subscribe to this blog to get announcements about the site. Articles won’t be sent to the blog; they are posted in the “Articles” page. Occasionally, the blog…