Best Laid Plans o' Mice an' Men Gang Aft A'gley

I was planning on doing a simple basing demonstration using very cheap and easy-to-get-ahold-of materials today, but about 1pm yesterday we had a power outage in our entire neighborhood due to a "blown fuse" (the actual phrasing was much more technical) on the part of the power company.

Needless to say, my plans have kinda changed. My wife was nice enough to let me borrow her laptop for five minutes - yay for her!

We will return you to your regular broadcasting as soon as you (we) are groovy...