ultracrepidarian: a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise.
I wanted a simple web tool to build an inexpensive toolbox setup that fit my garage space, and the only one I could find is the unaffordable Snap-On. So Claude build me one that uses Harbor Freight, Home Depot and Lowes. Simple 2D visualization, bill of materials, costs as of today. Free, no ads, no … Continue reading Design your own toolbox on the cheap
9.Desire’s most seductive promise is not pleasure but change, not that you might possess your object but that you might become the one who belongs with it. Vectors, of course.
So I have an Clothing for tall men post for good reason – at 6’10” there are few options. Recently, I was watching this video about workwear and he briefly compares the crotch gusset to that of the Lululemon ‘ABC’ pant. I was intrigued, so I watched his video about the ABC Pant, in which is … Continue reading Lululemon adds a tall-sized trouser and it’s good
I was in an around music and music production for a long time, so I’ve long enjoyed the Song Exploder podcast where “musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.” Not every episode has music that I like but hey, it’s a podcast, skip those. I … Continue reading Song Exploder
This is from my all-time favorite book of poetry, ‘Reservations’ by James Richardson. I’ll share two stanzas from ‘The Tracks’ that have always left me breathless with sheer awe at how well he writes. And it is hard even to imaginethe neighbors in a bath of lightplaying small cardstheir windows in precipitous lines downhill to … Continue reading Poem fragment for the day
I had lunch with an old friend recently and quoted Richardson to him, which reminded me of my neglected post series. Here’s one from Vectors 3.0: “143.The audience is faceless, back rows disappearing into dimness, and it doesn’t talk back. Find your audience and you will blather. Write, instead, to the listener at your table … Continue reading A Richardson aphorism for today
Cute, no? That’s the repeater. More about it later. I have a complicated history with ham radio. Years ago, a friend/co-worker and I got our one-day ‘Technician’ licenses, and for years after that I tried to make first contact. Like, talk to anybody. I learned about bands and power and radios and repeaters and programming … Continue reading Meshcore
A week or so ago, I read in the Scope of Work newsletter about a Colorado brand of hoodie called Melanzana: I did a bit of looking and the video by MyLifeOutdoors was convincing – I managed to time a release on the site and bought the micro grid hoodie. It’s gonna get a lot of wear, and I … Continue reading Melanzana hoodie makes the list
I was using the SX-6 coaster and realized how many I have that are mementos of things past. Leaded plastic from my time in the X-ray lab. LabView, ditto. NSA back from when Chris interviewed there. Not sure where I got the SX-6 and National Data coasters. Proust had madeleines, I guess, and I have … Continue reading Proust and coasters
As I have written about before, taking your phone to a protest is 100% going to get you written into various government data stores. This story today confirms that ICE is using Stingrays. So. As explained in Domestic surveillance and police riots, you can get a cheap Android device to communicate and photograph; since then there’s … Continue reading ICE protest surveillance