So, there we all are: We wake up one morning and the world had ended. Someone has lit the “final fuse” in the Middle East, or that kid in charge of North Korea doesn’t like President Real Estate so much, after all. Regardless: Either the “sh*t-stick” has been used or none of the damn lights … Read More
My friend (and co-author) Gaye Levy really likes “adult coloring books.” So much so, she even has an article “Pursuing Your Passion: Getting Started With Adult Coloring” on her website. I have been thinking this one over in background for almost a year now, “Should I try this…or do I need another hobby?” Then, an … Read More
But first, just to close our the Sasquatch discussion (for now), I did briefly entertain the idea of trying to grab video of one. The most common place for them to be seen is after a wildlife kill (they seem to like deer) and then relieving themselves in a nearby river or creek. Tell me a … Read More
First, do the household stuff. Then do the necessary work (Peoplenomics for tomorrow, for instance). Then revise the UrbanSurvival website, and THEN do some fun stuff on eBay and in the shop… The first few items are not too exciting: As soon as the column is done this morning, it will be time to jump … Read More
First, let me wish you well with your celebrations today in honor of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, after which the modern May Day was fashioned. Like Christmas and Easter, there’s a heaping tablespoon of subjectivity to the date. You see, originally it was April 27th, or close-enough. The Celtic Beltane (spring festival, not to be confused … Read More
Prepping lessons from a bath remodel? Yessir. There’s a gaping 24-square foot hole in the Ure master bath this morning. Elaine had a sleepless night thinking about it. “Gives me the heebie jee-geebie’s” is her description of things. Something about fear of insects coming into the house… As reported Thursday, a hidden water leak is … Read More
My buddy, the major who I grew up with, tells me his son’s father-in-law is about to begin a BIG home shop re-do in the next few months because after a life of building (really) fine homes, he wants to get into furniture and fine woodworking. Designing a shop is a lot like marriage. Statistically, … Read More
A nifty new kind of meter has shown up on eBay and Amazon lately. Called an M-Meter, it is designed to help people new to electronics to identify all those strange looking electronics parts. Today, we assemble on…
Saturday morning, after working the bugs out on the Peoplenomics server (new security update, CHMOD issue) it was time to get on to the first Make project of the weekend. “Purdying up the yard.” The first thing you do is touch off the pile that’s been accumulating for a few weeks. The idea is you … Read More
Making is great fun. But, one of the hardest choices we’ve set up for ourselves is what to make. Each choice seems to have its own set of hints & kinks that make the pursuit pleasurable…yet it’s hard to find all the little hints collected in one place. My first encounter with Hints and Kinks was in the ham … Read More
Making: The Electronic Detective version of the story was fun to write, but it didn’t get deeply into the making/fixing part of the linear amplifier project so this morning I wanted to run through the process of restoring an old piece of electronics. Process, you see, is a HUGE factor in whether a person is successful at anything. … Read More
Making: it’s what people do on weekends. In our first episode, we will tackle a medium-complexity problem in electronics. While many people are put-off by such endeavors, with an almost superstitious belief that there “is magic in all those wires and parts” nothing could be further from the true. In fact, electrons always follow the rules … Read More
We look at the world today through the eyes of an artist. Say, couldn’t we be one of those?
Why Not?