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8/23/2026, 2:03:54 PM It's literally at least 68 steps to replace a lightning cable connector.

For the next stall I've created a fruit vendor set up, for reference I looked at the fruit seller in the Phantom Menace, and also the frit seller that you see in the Mandalorian series, to get the…

Nurb turns a coding agent into a CAD partner. Learn how Python parts, OCCT solids, live checks, measurements, and 3MF export fit together.

last chance Eyeballed the sides for a while before the glue up. I was thinking about what to do next and if gluing the carcass up would interfere with that. I couldn't think of anything but I went…

It’s here! This is an absolute piece of beauty and I can already imagine how this could be a wicked good hobby! So many ideas on how I want to stage this! This whole kit came decently packed…

Hard to do sometimes. You can't hold up heavy pots, hooks to hold them in position, and a long board, while stretching over a sink and counter. Laying the project out on a table is a different…

I spent a couple of days in mental agony over a really fucking weird bug: every time I closed and opened the lid on my ThinkPad P14s Gen4, the screen would remain blank (or black, really). This quick…

This week started with a weight scare. I went shopping for some shorts and realized I don’t even fit into most of them. I knew I’d gained weight over the last few years but it was mostly muscle.…

I’ve been building software for so long that it became as natural as breathing to me. However, following my wife’s journey through her ceramics course made me realize I’ve only been creating…

The Sunday Paper #620 August 23, 2026 We just wrapped up the 11th Red Cliff Paper Retreat. It is always a delight to host makers from around the country (and occasionally the world) in my Colorado…

Bicycle theft is the number-one crime issue confronting our society today. If you have a nice bicycle – or even a crappy one – and you park it outside, someone may try to steal it. Worse, the entire…

After a very stressful year I finally found some time to finish my building my own arrows posts for wood and carbon arrows. In this post I will show you the process of building your own wood…

nice feeling My layout triangle is correct front and back and side to side. I have only been labeling my stuff this way for a few years and it has saved my bacon numerous times. The sides are solid…

Alongside the obvious enjoyment from new purchases, research and model making that these N scale Canadian models have facilitated has been an unexpected development. I have found myself talking to my…

In October last year, we had a “once in a lifetime weather event” - some larger-than-tennis-ball hailstones, which went through this area with quite some force. A few hit our solar…

We’re waiting on Tropical Stom Moke, but it appears that Moke will be a much less dramatic event than Hurricane Lala. We’ll just stay prepared and hope those already struggling with precarity aren’t…

For years now I’ve wanted to write a guide to help judges think through the process of scoring the trees displayed in the Pacific Bonsai Expo. It’s one of a small number of exhibits where…

    BACKGROUND My Project Monopoly Series continues over the summer, making consistent progress despite some house renovation work taking place. So far I have covered the first two sides of…

Why are 3D-printed homes popping up in lots of places these days? From prefabricated components built in factories to in-situ construction, 3D-printed housing today is starting to compete with…

Owning a house requires continuing maintenance, especially if you’ve lived in it for years. We’ve owned our present domicile over thirty years (the longest time either of us has stayed in one place),…

Ruffles. So very many ruffles. If I could go back in time, I'd choose a totally different skirt design for my Gryffindor Dragon Bustle Gown, because what in the world was I thinking when I fell in…

Link: Introducing Dashboard Touch, a build-your-own version of Touch ID - Anil Dash Anil did a nice job building and publishing a fun project: a DIY Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor that can unlock…

Detailing a build can take what is essentially a cardboard box, and turn it into something else, something special. My strategy for this, for the interior was that the detailing needed to be such…

We have a guesthouse that we would like to make available for other people. That requires making it usable for other people (surprise!) One of the things we needed was "something in front of the…

Both versions outlasted all the commercial versions we've had over the decades

Continuing on with Market street, this week I've finished the rug displays to go in the front of the ruined building. I would have liked to get the canopy done at the same time, but as yet still…

I am so excited about finally having a blog again that I feel like I want to post all the time. So, here we go, with my other work in progress. I have had an idea of a soft, roundish, cloud-like…

Not last Winter, the one before, we took a slap and a buffet from sequential named storms. Darragh [Dec'24] felled a bunch of trees to the East while Éowyn [Jan'25] laid them out S⇒N. I developed…

Last year I was having issues with my car starting. Every now and then, it would take a few tries to actually start the thing. So, I replaced the battery thinking that was the issue. After all, that…

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Learn how to make tea dyed paper pages that you can use in your junk journals, then download and print out the free tea dyed printables to coordinate with them. There are lots of different ways to…

HA’s firstborn and his girlfriend are coming for an open-ended visit this month. The studio is a good overnight space, but isn’t set up for longer occupancy. We decided that we’ll add a little…

Listen to the audio version There is a particular kind of help that sends you home with clean hands and no idea what happened. Imagine a bicycle with its chain fallen off in the rain. You can carry…

It's that time of the year triennial cycle again... I just submitted a request to renew the exemption that allows breaking Digital Rights Management on 3D printers in order to use third party…

Five Arduino sensor modules, a brain Arduino didn't make, and about €55 in parts I already owned — here's how a six-year-old robot chassis just clicked its way to five brand new senses.

A friend of mine, who's also a photographer, offered me a couple of broken Profoto Acute strobe packs a few months ago on the condition I do something cool with them. The packs were beyond repair 1…

I rolled credits on Big Walk on Monday. It was astonishing. I'm really excited to get into the post-game challenges, and I'm also eager to play the whole thing again with different groups of…

Moving forward with a shirt project based on a pre-industrial style . Fabric is the plain Ditte from Ikea. Although Michaels has tried to move into the space left by Jo Ann Fabrics the results have…

Ahh… Classical guitars. The tricky ones.Classical and flamenco (nylon-string) guitars are the scary ones when you’re starting out with stringing (and they’re still a pain when you’ve been doing it…

I made a custom version of Winnie-the-Pooh for my daughter and it came out great. Here's how I did it.

Maybe three out of four ain't bad

I wanted to try making 3D fiber foods, and I decided the first one should be a bowl of ramen. Not a flat ramen rug, which is the obvious version and the one you've probably already seen a hundred of.…

Notes from a visit to Knox Makers in Knoxville, TN: how a 460-member makerspace handles governance, money, rules, and shop organization, and which ideas are worth stealing.

Yarn: Gist Duet Cotton/Linen Weaving Yarn . About 2' wide and 5' long including fringe.

I’ve always wanted to make a musical instrument, but most seem so complicated. But an ocarina? Those are dead simple. Basically “cut it into whatever shape you want, scoop out the inside, cut a…

Being in software for so many years, the idea of working with hardware, electronics and low level systems always interested me. I played with a micro-bit for a while and had so much fun with the…