Month: December 2023
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Learning Card Games: Tunk
Read more…: Learning Card Games: TunkLast year we started a new tradition and learned how to play Pitch the week after Christmas. This year we chose Tunk (also called Tonk in some places). Why Tunk? We initially thought we’d try Euchre or Cinch, but both of those needed four players for partner pairs and Amanda was engrossed in a good…
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How to play the Four Letter Word Game
Read more…: How to play the Four Letter Word GameBJ Homer taught a bunch of us Automatticians how to play the Four Letter Word Game at a meetup. I taught my parents how to play today and I haven’t found a writeup of it that I could refer to, so I thought I’d make a quick post on how to play. What you need:…
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Week of December 11, 2023
Read more…: Week of December 11, 2023Christmas tree update: We added cranberries. We consider our tree a work in progress for all of December. I got out in the shop and made some more ornaments on the lathe. That might be it for this year. Charlie’s daycare class had a Christmas luncheon and Amanda made the menus and flowers. We made…
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My WordPress Plugin List
Read more…: My WordPress Plugin ListJust like Nick, Jan, and Tracy, I’m sharing the list of plugins I have on this site and what I use them for. I’d love to see your plugin list. If you post one, send me a link!
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Week of December 4, 2023
Read more…: Week of December 4, 2023I’m blogging later than usual because during my normal blogging times I was either out in the workshop turning things on the lathe, baking Christmas cookies, writing Christmas cards, making natural Christmas decorations, or at a Christmas party. All good things. ‘Tis the season. This year we had Emily at Fox Burrow DesignsArchived Link, a…
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Wooden Dreidels
Read more…: Wooden DreidelsOh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I turned it on a lathe Not quite how the original goes, but more fitting for a woodworker. I turned three dreidels on the lathe over the past week for Hanukkah gifts. It was nice to get back out in the shop and make a couple things after a long hiatus.…
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Initial thoughts on the Arc browser
Read more…: Initial thoughts on the Arc browserI installed Arc today for the first time after hearing about it from a lot of folks over the past month. Here are my initial thoughts:
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Week of November 27, 2023
Read more…: Week of November 27, 2023A first for us: We decorated the Christmas Tree at 7am. That is when Charlie got up and was ready to go. We still need to dry the grapefruits to add to the tree. Every morning Charlie turns the tree on when he comes downstairs, and he turns it off before we leave. He loves…