Meager Home Improvements ------------------------ After moving into the house I started a series of small home improvement tasks. Some of them have genuine safety reasons but many happened only because changing things demonstrates residence. Here's an incomplete list of things I've done: * added a ceiling fan to the bedroom * rewired the doorbell with modern wire so it doesn't ring everytime you walk past the dining room heat register * added shelving, a phone jack and power outlets to create a `server corner`_ * added appliance-grade outlets behind the stove and fridge (rather than the ungrounded lamp-grade extension cords running through holes in the floor they previously had) * added a `motion light`_ to the break-in-ariffic back yard * cleaned out the gutters (I *knew* there's a reason I got that condo) * replaced the rotting wiring for the basement lighting `|https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/datacenter|`_ `|https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/motionlight|`_ .. _server corner: .. _`|https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/datacenter|`: http://ry4an.org/pictures/web/datacenter .. _motion light: .. _`|https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/motionlight|`: https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/motionlight .. |https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/motionlight| image:: https://ry4an.org/photos/web/motionlight.thumb.jpg .. |https://ry4an.org/pictures/web/datacenter| image:: https://ry4an.org/photos/web/datacenter.thumb.jpg .. date: 1145077200 .. tags: home,ideas-built