Sure, fountain pens are a bit fiddlier than your average ballpoint. But they do have their advantages.
Idiot Bicyclist
My mother and I were driving into downtown Menlo Park today, stopped at a stop sign. A woman with a wheelchair was crossing the street, so I decided to wait. Just then, a bicyclist plows through the stop sign, across the intersection, and nearly hits the woman in the wheelchair. At the next intersection, he […]
Washing Wool
A friend asked the other day what to use on wool, knowing my dislike of Woolite. Simple answer: wool is hair. Use shampoo. Might as well use the same shampoo you use on your own hair: one fewer bottle to have hanging around the house. I use a sulfate-free shampoo that’s designed for dyed hair, […]
Migrations, Migrations
Or, “Migrating a blog is always more painful than you think.” I hope you can see this. If all goes well, this blog has been migrated from WordPress to Typo, running Ruby on Rails over Lighttpd. I’ve seen a few feed hits coming through, but I’ll check when I wake up (yes, it’s almost 7 […]
Press 1 for English
This is a pent-up rant that’s been waiting for a while, but bear with me. Last time I had to contact our state government’s Employment Development Department by phone, I had to “Press 1 for English.” Now, really, does that make any sense at all? Shouldn’t English be the default? Especially when there’s separate phone […]
Getting Ready for Boggs Class
Going to be going to Northwest Woodworking School for a week for a class. I’m really looking forward to studying for a week with Brian Boggs. Traditional chairmaking is still very much in vogue, and I’ll be interested to see How Things Are Done.
Patriotic Gestures, Real and Imagined
I’m writing about my annual thought-experiment, so that some of you can play. I’m posting early so that the Canadians can also play on Canada Day. Given the recent near-pass on the anti-flag-burning law, I’d like to propose the following: if you happen to see anyone wearing a flag or “USA” or anything like that […]
Thread of the Week
Well, Woodworking Online is a blog about Woodworking, and the WoodNet forum thread of the week happens to be the one I started about issues with the wooden plane I made.
Day with Topfunky
Yesterday, I went up to the city to spend time at Geoffrey Grosenbach’s Rails workshop, offered by Carson Workshops. While I was already better-versed in Rails than most anyone there, there’s always things you pick up from other people, and it was an excellent recharger for the mental batteries. I highly recommend anyone new to […]
I Habe a Code in My Node
Been fighting one off for nearly a week. Need more sleep.
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