“Have a lived life instead of a career. Put yourself in the safekeeping of good taste. Lived freedom will compensate you for a few losses. . . . If you don’t like the style of others, cultivate your own. Get to know the tricks of reproduction, be a self-publisher even in conversation, and then the joy of working can fill your days.” George Konrád-
“Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.” Rose Wilder Lane-
"In the garage I feel safe No one cares about my ways In the garage Where I belong No one hears me sing this song In the garage" Rivers Cuomo-
“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” Robert M. Pirsig-
After years of amassing a large model database of cad models it was about time to contribute to the online community. Luckily tools exist like Thingiverse.com, and…
Not that anyone asked, but these are some of my favorite reads of the year. Some of this is technical, some fiction, some documentary, maybe some not even…
Visiting a friend gave me the opportunity to spend some time testing the FF-01 and 02 on unfamiliar terrain, most of which had about 10x the elevation my…
It seems obvious to me after viewing that the Rocket Sled must have been produced to test new materials at speed, but what wasn’t obvious were the methods…
Stumbled upon this awesome YT channel called Applied Science. Favorite part is the silver vapor deposition on the vinyl record sample, very cool stuff. http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/
In 1950’s as Freeman Dyson puts it, the Russians had Sputnik existential threat, so if you were a scientist looking for money you had a target market, and…
The Mini Ductor Venom is the 2016 PTEN Innovative Specialty Tool Award Winner. Elgin, Illinois – August 5, 2016 – Induction Innovations, Inc. today announces that the Mini-Ductor…
This is about as concise a description I have heard on how modern CPU’s and other hardware is produced. The Sound of Atoms Bonding video shows some of…
Overview: It’s been about a month now since first trail testing the FF-01 and although it is too early to make claims about performance, handling or ride characteristics, it…
Enjoy some pure onboard video from Iannone on his Ducati. Notice the movement under braking and as he rolls into the turn towards apex, crazy corner speeds and…
It is very difficult to explain in just a few words what my relationship with Yamaha has been in these past seven years. “Many things have changed since…
A grasp of the psychological mechanism behind taste may not change our sense of what we find beautiful, but it can prevent us from reacting to what we…
A new channel I can’t get enough of. Essential Craftsman. Essential Craftsman. A reprint from “The American Blacksmith” September 1914 While everyone is familiar with the…
The Vee had made the journey from Ann Arbor Michigan back to Illinois and that’s where things got interesting. After it was decided the cockpit was impossibly tight, the…
Le Corbusier was a Swiss architect, designer, planner, and all around aesthetics powerhouse best known for pioneering Modernism in architecture. He built the above impractically beautiful building in 1927,…
When she’s wasn’t inventing the compiler, or helping invent computers, she was teaching others. Here you can see how the idea matters almost as much as its method…
It seems a common phenomenon to be transported back in time, or place based on a song, album, or some other sensory distraction. Unlike a computer, my memory…