A blog of a variety of projects
I wasn’t sure where to put this design review, so it has been sitting here a long time since I wrote it. Hopefully this is still useful. It’s possible the company has already fixed these issues in the intervening years, but I fixed my razor instead of buying a new one, so I wouldn’t know. After my razor broke, I replaced the screw tightening mechanism with an over-center latch and I’ve been pretty happy with it.
This On Stage double-decker Z-shaped piano stand is nice, but lacking in adjustments. Guitar Center sells them for about $150, and I got mine in open-box condition while there was a sale for a bit less. Especially for the price, it feels robust and just like a good all-around surface…
Early this year we finished remodeling our upstairs bathroom. It was really important to get this done before having a baby, so we hired contractors to do the majority of the work. The old bathroom had a full-width built-in counter in the first room and a metal tub shower with…
Since we moved to Fort Collins, our garage has been a big mess waiting for me to work on it. Last year, while I was working on the adjacent bathroom, I finally started on it, and now I’m finally writing about it. Once my permit application was approved (City of…
This was a huge, months-long project to remodel the bathroom on the main level of our house.
A few days ago I got a GBxCart from InsideGadgets. It is a nice little device that I have used to rip all of my old Gameboy games so I can play them in an emulator. It came as a bare PCB, but was designed to match the footprint of…
In my office, I like to have a cup of pens and pencils sitting around at all times. All the pens go in one bucket and any more organization is beyond me. A long time ago I decided I wanted to put my mug of pens somewhere off the desk,…
I love my headphones, which is good, because I wear them like 10 hours a day. On my old chair, I would just hang my headphones over the back because the back of the chair was about as thick as my head. Recently, I got a new JÄRVFJÄLLET office chair…
I finally organized the wires that were all over my desk with a customized USB switch and a wire shelf inside my desk.
This is a recipe for winter spice ginger ale, made with a full-volume boil, flavored with cinnamon and anise, and force carbonated.
