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Last year, I published a woodworking year in review which you all seemed to really enjoy. 2024 was a relatively slow year for woodworking. With a laser focus on getting the OpenCTD project across the finish line, I ended up doing far more work on electronics and sensors than on wood. Fortunately, with my massive ... Read More "Canoe racks, goat shacks, and chicken scratch: My 2024 woodworking year in …

sit down, son A hypertext edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne Why does Santa play the saxophone in China? The biologic architecture of Eugene Tssui On the Old Believers of Siberia: The events that had excited the world were unknown here. The Lykovs did not know any famous names and had heard only vaguely about the past war. When in recalling the “first world war” with Karp Osipovich …

Jack Dorsey, former CEO of Twitter, ousted board member of BlueSky, and grifter extraordinaire to the tune of a $5.6B net worth, is giving a keynote at FOSDEM. The FOSDEM keynote stage is one of the biggest platforms in the free software community. Janson is the biggest venue in the event – its huge auditorium can accommodate over 1,500 of FOSDEM’s 8,000 odd attendees, and it is live streamed to …

Following up on our previous posting: Editorial comments are from Bob Roncker. We are not able to transmit the photos from this piece. With regrets. [email protected] of the First Heart Mini-MarathonA few days ago you received an account describing the very first Heart Mini-Marathon (1978) through the eyes of Mike Boylan. Mike and The Clifton Track Club were responsible for overseeing the ‘finish line’ and ‘timing' procedures for the event. …

I thought my monthly mixtape project was complete, but I was wrong! Here is a new mix I really love: Spotify | Apple | Youtube I made it from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents at the record store. I taped over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I taped over the music and then I taped over the artwork. This one I wanted to have a …

Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone: One huge difference separates the two songs: a cover of “Uncontrollable Urge” soundtracks the comedy clip show Rob Dyrdek’s Ridiculousness, which can play on MTV for as much as 14 hours in a 24-hour period, nearly every day of the week. (At its peak in 2020, it played an astonishing 113 hours out of MTV’s entire 168-hour lineup, according to Variety) Over the past decade, through …

There are three seedling LSD Auto plants in Coco Coir 5gal fabric pots. Once the four RDWC plants start to crowd the tent the Coco Coir plants will move to the side of the tent and I hope eventually outdoors. Today was the first feed along with adding water to the pots. EC started at EC 0.67 pH 6.3 after adding Feed EC 1.23 pH 6.4.The three plants are an …

I just filled out an online survey after a positive interaction with an online chat representative (a human) because I wanted to give him a thumbs up. The survey was (to my relief) relatively short, so kudos to the design team. Sometimes, filling out these surveys gives the impression of a gift that keeps on giving - the more answers you give them, the more time they presume they can …

Have you ever wished that your manager would give you more autonomy and responsibility in some areas, and more direction and support in others? As a manager, have you ever struggled to know when to be hands-on or hands-off with your team’s work? If you’re ‘hands on’ — closely involved with the details of your employee’s work — you risk wasting your time micro-managing what they could have done independently. …

This article was originally authored by an expert at Change Guides, a Cincinnati-based change management firm acquired by TiER1 Performance in 2024.People are wired to react to change. How leaders approach change management within organizations will impact employees’ ability to adapt and respond positively to change.To remain nimble and stay competitive in a fast-paced environment, many leaders are embracing agile change management, an iterative and collaborative approach that prioritizes adaptation …

The United States Mint has provided a first look at the designs of two coins that will celebrate advancements in space exploration. Set for a spring and summer release, respectively, Florida and Texas' American Innovation dollars will commemorate the space shuttle and Mission Control, the latter represented by the International Space Station and an astronaut on a spacewalk as examples of supporting human spaceflight.

Eighteen years is long enough for a website to go without a potato leek soup recipe, don’t you think? I’ve always been a bit torn about it — it’s thick, pale, and can be a little sleepy. And yet if there is any time of year that’s going to bring out my cravings for filling and uncomplicated soup, if there’s any time of year when my nostalgia kicks in for …

It’s really good, this whole passage of time thing. It really is. Isn’t it. It is… isn’t it? Fine. Face it. The holidays are over. OVER! But that doesn’t mean the celebrations are over. For example, in the U.S. of A. we hear that it’s Prohibition Remembrance Day celebrating the 106th anniversary of the ratification of the 18th Amendment to their Constitution. Whooo!!! If “neo-temp” was actually a real thing …

Tiny Brixton, the small in-house venue showcasing big talents at Brixton’s Raw Material music charity, is reopening after a million-pound-plus refit. A sold-out launch event at the Robsart Street HQ of Raw Material off Brixton Road on 1 February will be hosted by comedian Ali Woods. After its £1.2m renovation Tiny Brixton will continue to […]

Got to have SOMETHING happening when waiting for a process to finish, right?