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Category Archives: Making
Makercraft: Making isn’t always glamorous
While all of us makers love to create awesome things, sometimes what we’re making is far more mundane. In fact, I’d guess my own mundane creations outweigh my awesome ones 2 or 3 to one. Cases in point: I recently build a simple plastic reel holder for my 3d drawing area out of a couple … Continue reading Making isn’t always glamorous Continue reading
Food: Fromage
I started making my own cheese about six months ago, and today, I waxed my first hard cheese to age. It is a farmhouse cheddar based on the recipe from the New England Cheese Supply Company. This wheel will be ready about the middle of August if all goes well. What I’ve discovered so far … Continue reading Fromage → Continue reading
Food: The problem with making your own food…
The problem with making your own food is that you actually have to make it. It’s amazing to me how, in certain ways, lazy we moderns are compared to our ancestors or people living in parts of the world without our standard of living. Granted, all sorts of measures say we’re the most productive humans […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: So you want to automate some stuff…
Automation systems are all the rage in certain tech circles these days, and rightly so. Being able to save money by adjusting your thermostat from work via your smartphone or being able to shut off a light you forgot about from the cafe are great ideas. The problem is that most of the mass market […] Continue reading
The strange reality of getting what you want
I’ve wanted a library, lab, and studio since I knew what those three things were. In fact, one of my earliest verifiable geek memories comes from when I was about seven and I discovered a chemistry set in the Sears … Continue reading
