Month: November 2020
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Malloreddus Boards
Read more…: Malloreddus BoardsAmanda was watching a video about different types of handmade pasta (we had a lot of time on our hands during the pandemic and finally got some flour!) and asked if I might be able to make a malloreddus board. I decided to give it a try! I started with sawing and planing down a…
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Coffee Filter Holder
Read more…: Coffee Filter HolderAmanda and I wanted to hang our coffee filters in a little nook above our coffee grinder, and I happened to have a lot of free time on my hands back in April, so I decided to make one. This one by Yoshitaka NakayaArchived Link that inspired me: I didn’t really have much of a…
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Cape Falcon F1 Kayak Builds
Read more…: Cape Falcon F1 Kayak BuildsOver the winter of 2018/2019 and summer of 2019 I built two Cape Falcon F1 skin-on-frame style kayaks. I want to be better about documing my projects here, so I’m taking a few posts to document the backlog. The primary benefit of a skin-on-frame style kayak is how light it is. They end up being…
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Maintenance on a Shopsmith Mark V
Read more…: Maintenance on a Shopsmith Mark VFixing a stuck floating motor sheave and cleaning out years of grime on a Shopsmith Mark V.
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What I’m Currently Reading
Read more…: What I’m Currently ReadingTuring’s Cathedral by George Dyson – I’m struggling to get through this one, but I really want to finish it. I started reading the physical book but ended up turning to audio, which I think is a better format for this. The sheer number of names, dates, and technical details make it tough to read,…
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Switching from Jekyll back to WordPress
Read more…: Switching from Jekyll back to WordPressThis blog started on WordPress in 2008 and moved to Jekyll in 2015. Now it is back on WordPress. Here is how I did the migration.
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What are digital gardens?
Read more…: What are digital gardens?At work a few months ago, I mentioned the concept of digital gardens on a call. Not everyone knew what digital gardens were, and the term means different things to different people using it, so I put together a P2 about what I think a “digital garden” is. What is a digital garden? A collection of thoughts,…