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Don’t get me started on the fact that if you do login, you’re taken to the store homepage instead of the specific page you were trying to visit in the first place …

The firebox

Hey, did you know I make really good BBQ chicken wings? I use a recipe I invented myself, and every time I make it I’m terrified I’ll forget how to do it; I’ve never written it down. Today, that changes! I’m writing this mostly because I want to print it out and add it to my cookbook, but since I don’t have anything else to post about right now, you …

I attached the roof panels to the mollicroft frame, undercoated it all (figure 1) and then hoisted the whole thing atop the body and fixed it to the two end-wall rafters (figure 2). Fig. 1. The mollicroft ready for installation… Fig. 2. … and screwed to the end rafters. I made up the short side rafters (figure 3), which are attached to the top wall plate at their outer ends …

It looks like that Orson Cart has been playing with his caravan again. Jack Plane

Welcome back to the (very) occasional newsletter Working On It. It has been 277 days since the last issue. Antisemitism, U.S.A. A couple of years ago, my colleague John Turner and I bounced around ideas for a podcast on the history of antisemitism in the United States. We were sure it was necessary topic that public audiences would benefit from learning about. Regrettably, it has become painfully obvious that we …

I’ve been reading scripts for schemes, competitions and all sorts on and off for over a decade, and from when I first dipped my toe into script reading, I learned about how highly regarded the BBC Writers Open Call was. It’s one of the biggest opportunities for scriptwriters in the country, with no threshold on how experienced you had to be, no entry fees and few parameters on the story …

Last year I was asked to contribute to the Serpentine Galleries’ Infinite Ecologies Marathon, a prelude to their Inifinite Ecologies programme, with something that expressed what I thought was missing from most discussion and practice of what we might call ecological art. Over the last few years, I’ve been concerned with what might broadly be called a new crisis of representation when it comes to ecological work. This awareness stems …

I recently completed Tom Jones' Masterclass Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word offered through the Family History Academy. The class was incredible - I had no clue how much I didn't know about using Microsoft Word. If the class is offered again, I highly recommend it if you want to improve the look of your genealogy writing. One of the topics Tom discussed was preparing Tables and Figures for …

Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn for Sega ORIGIN Magic Eye books were all the rage in the early-to-mid 90’s. You couldn’t walk into a Scholastic Book Fair without seeing half a dozen kids using a variety of techniques to try and see the hidden three-dimension image that lurked within the pages. It truly felt like magic and so whether you stumbled upon a book that featured Magic …

I love this aphorism about visionary leadership paraphrasing Saint-Exupéry: “Building a boat isn’t about weaving canvas, forging nails, or reading the sky. It’s about giving a shared taste for the sea, by the light of which you will see nothing contradictory but rather a community of love.” A shared vision obviates many management tasks. People make good decisions with little explicit project management, communication, and coordination. Without a shared vision, …

Having regular pain can be depressing and demoralising, but waking up in the middle of the night in pain, as I did last night, can be even moreso.For some reason my left knee ached severely enough to wake me at 3:25am, and to keep me awake for a while after. I rang my call bell and asked the nurse for some Oramorph, and she gave me 7.5ml. I was still …

writing code on TRS-80 like it's 1983 (sort of)

It’s often said that America has not been this divided since the Civil War, but even these tumultuous times pale in comparison to the social unrest of the 1960s, when post-war America’s cleavages along race, gender, and sexuality threatened to rip the nation apart. Within ten short years, the United States saw the unfolding of [...] Read More... The post American Space Cowboys appeared first on Die, Workwear!.

CLR is a beloved brand in the candle community, which is a corny opening sentence but also completely true. They’re inclusive and diverse, owned and operated by LGBTQIA+ people of color who donate a percentage of their profits back to the community, so this isn’t Big Candle, this is Cool Candle. Most importantly, their scents, throw, and burn are always top-notch, so I was excited when they offered to send …