Zen Charger

I've retired the second-to-last item on the half-bakery project list. It turns out that I don't have to build a special USB charger for The Mommy's Zen Micro. Motorola's car chargers for their phones are USB compliant and are cheap and plentiful online. Is this a big deal in the grand scheme of things? No. But it's a nice bonus for The Mommy, who puts up with quite a bit of technology nonsense from my many other projects.

The updated Half Bakery queue:

driveway (in progress)
pergola
rack for trash and recycling bins
attic vent fan
cat box upgrade
Jeep LED interior lighting
built-in benches in dining room
built-in shelves in dining room
built-in shelves and cabinets in living room
built-in bench seat in dining room
built-in shelves and desk for the cloffice
LED kitchen task lighting
LED outdoor lighting
LED bike headlight
ironing board hanger
coat rack upgrade
car computer (MP3, GPS/NAV, DVD)
handmade CPU case
outdoor grill and oven
bike trailer from scrap
trash trailer
straw bale office / granny flat
subwoofer
water feature
rainwater collection system
fireplace upgrade
chimney upgrade
salvage laptop display as computer display
rework kitchen sink plumbing
trailer for trash and recycling
Jeep console upgrade

Half Bakery and Project List

driveway (in progress)
sprinkler system (in progress)
pergola
built-in benches in dining room
built-in shelves in dining room
built-in shelves and cabinets in living room
built-in bench seat in dining room
built-in shelves and desk for the cloffice
LED kitchen task lighting
LED outdoor lighting
LED bike headlight
Jeep LED interior lighting
ironing board hanger
coat rack upgrade
car computer (MP3, GPS/NAV, DVD)
handmade CPU case
outdoor grill and oven
bike trailer from scrap
trash trailer
straw bale office / granny flat
subwoofer
center channel speaker
water feature
rainwater collection system
fireplace upgrade
chimney upgrade
salvage laptop display as computer display
cat box upgrade
attic vent fan
rework kitchen sink plumbing
trailer for trash and recycling
rack for trash and recycling bins
Creative Zen charger
Jeep console upgrade

Just In Time For Winter

I so rule. It took me about 8 months, but I fixed the Jeep's broken sunroof.

I had to drop the headliner, which means disassembling just about the whole dang car, to get to the sunroof. It took a $100 parts kit off of the Internet and a few weekend afternoons of investigating, disassembling, and eventually repairing.

I even "upgraded" the OEM pop rivets to #10 loctite-ed bolts. Superkid got the honor of the official demonstration test, for exceptional knowledge and faithful service at retrieving such oddities as torx drivers, assorted interior trim parts, and the always useful roll of teflon pipe tape.

It's good to have that sunroof working again... and The Mommy likes having the oh-(poo) handles back. They're good for leverage when refereeing the young-uns in the back seat.

As always, the question must be answered: why not pay someone to do it. Well, a normal body shop won't touch a sunroof. And now I know why. But the sunroof shop wanted about $3K to do the job. I had to at least try to fix it...