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Lexus LX470 (Toyota Landcruiser) Oxygen Sensor

September 2008

Replacing Pre-catalytic O2 (Oxygen) Sensors on a Lexus LX470 (Toyota Landcruiser)

Near 100,000 miles on your Lexus LX470 or Toyota Landcruiser? Don't be surprised if the OBD2 check engine light comes on indicating a bad O2 (oxygen) sensor.

Product Review: Comparison of the Dyson Root 6 and Black and Decker Pivot Hand Vacuums

October 2008

Handheld vacuums are so useful for spot clean ups. They have come a long away from the puny "dustbusters" of ten years ago. Take a look at Black and Decker Pivot and Dyson Root 6 as we measure their suction rates and flow rates with full and empty canister bins. And find out why one costs about double the other.

Lexus LX470 (Toyota Landcruiser) 4WD Center Differential Lock Transfer Indicator Switch Problem

July 2008

4WD Toyota/Lexus Center Differential Lock Switch Indicator Failure

A dirty CDL (Center Differential Lock) transfer switch indicator on the transfer case can fail and cause problems for the driver and the Vehicle Skid Control System.

Fujitsu Notebook P7010 Fan Noise, Overheating, and BSOD

July 2008

The fan inside a four-year-old Fujitsu P7010 notebook computer becomes noisy and is consequently lubricated. However, this fan repair later causes heat-related crashes as the weather heats up because thermal pads needed to get to the fan are re-used. A suitable replacement for the thermal pads is installed and the heat-related crashes go away.

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Review of Mr. Nozzle Vacuum Hose, Claw Nozzle, and Crevice Nozzle (#100-DB Kit)

April 2009

The vacuum hose on my otherwise excellent wet/dry utility vacuum often aggravated me by collapsing when bent under vacuum load or when vacuuming up hot liquids. The vacuum hose from Mr. Nozzle turned out to be incollapsible vacuum hose during my use. Also, the claw nozzle turned out to be a valuable, useful vacuuming attachment.

Cleaning Dog Urine from Carpet by Hot Water Extraction (Steam Cleaning)

March 2009

Accidents are inevitable in potty training a puppy. The most difficult cleanups were pee-on-carpet accidents. I spot steam cleaned (also called hot water extraction) these areas with my boiling water and my wet/dry vacuum. This method turned out to be highly effective!

Potty Training My Puppy with UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty

February 2009

Housebreaking Our Puppy with UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty

Miat (my Maltese puppy) is potty trained using the UGODOG Indoor Potty.

Sidebar: Electrostatic Discharge Protection via a Grounded PC

November 2008

Electrostatic Discharge Protection with a Grounded PC

Worried about electrostatic discharge while working on a PC, but don't have a static strap? One alternative is to leave the PC grounded while working on it.

Photo Op

Baby Miat poses in baby bunting attire. Photoshop CS3 processed image of digital camera raw format from Canon 30D DSLR. Read more.

New Home Page Layout

Hi, there! If you are a returning visitor, you might notice that the monkeeworks home page (this page) is a slightly different. It is. There are two new panels: (1) "Photo Op" and (2) this one "New Home Page".

What I get a kick of is that if you maximize your browser in a newer WXGA (1280x800) or larger screen, the two new panels will appear as a third column at the right of your screen. At 1600x1200, you will see a fourth column! At an older style XGA resolution (1024x768), the third column becomes part of the bottom half of the "fold" (meaning you have to page down to see it). If you have a monitor capable of better than 1024x768, try playing with your browser size, then observe the transition.

If you don't find it interesting, you haven't read about CSS liquid, frozen, or jello layouts. I think the layout of this third column is a macro application of the CSS liquid layout. The cool things you can do with CSS boxes...

I've verified that the macro liquid layout of this page works on IE 6 and 7, FF 3, and Safari 1.3!

-Clifford Vincent Arrow
clifford.arrow@monkeeworks.com

Spring 2009

P.S. Also, check out the dynamic "scroll down for more content" arrow that appears when the browser screen isn't wide enough to show everything in 3 or more columns!