In Memory of Ramón Arbujas
In July and August of 2000 I was fortunate to spend time in Venezuela, traveling through the west and west-central regions. I have a much larger write-up of the full trip in progress but
Everyday Knosticism
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Ender 3 v2 Direct Drive and Hotend Upgrade
This is going to be a boring technical post about how I upgraded my Ender 3 v2 3D printer to a lighter print head setup, along with the reasons for doing so. It is
Pablo Agustin Trujillo (1916–1997)
On a warm day in the middle of June 1990, in Taos, New Mexico, Pablo Agustin Trujillo stands proud and smiling dressed in his Fiestas costume and tuning his guitar. He is in the
Artificial Intelligence in Art and Music
I have to be honest with you, I am not a fan of any of the AI generated art and music I have come across. Art (and I’m just going to lump music under
Bandsaw Blade Tension Gauge
Changing blades on a bandsaw or large sawmill requires properly setting the tension of the new blade. If you run a sawmill these gauges (tensiometer being the $20 word for it) are part of
The Story of Julius Joseph (Fr. Innocent) Mittelstadt, O.F.M.
At the start of summer 1931, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (shortened to just The Santa Fe in brochures by then) ran five daily trains between Chicago, through Kansas City, and into
Waking Up With Dad
It is 3:30am and my dad came into my room to look in on me just now, in a dream of course. In this dream, Dad said he was heading off soon. When I
Adjustable Tenon Jig
I m in the middle of converting an old barn shed into my workshop and it is time to replace the old janky doors with a proper set of shop doors. Since these will be
The solar-powered outdoor cam experiment
I have several inexpensive Wyze cams (thanks Amazon Prime Day!) I ve been using these for a few years now to monitor our casita down in Mexico and I plan to use them now to
Is quantum physics real?
A few weeks ago Sonya and I were talking on the subject of quantum physics, something which has been very much talked about in a book we recently finished reading, American Prometheus: The Triumph