I needed a way to attach my keys to my backpack. I had a number of these cable clamps cluttering my house, and had started using one of the smaller size ones to attach my keys to things. However, when the clamp was open, the keys and the clamp were likely to become separated. My [...]
Why do people like to make things? If you make things, why did you start? I make things to “scratch an itch.” If the results are pleasing, helpful, taste good, or delightful in some way, I am soothed. Sometimes the only benefit is the experience of the doing. Skills are improved with practice; the loaves [...]
Since the rains have stopped, I have been using the bike for more of the short trips I make during the work week. I am lucky that I live close enough to work that riding is a viable option for my commute. Truth is, I hate riding a bike near the cars and trucks. Even [...]
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas is hosting an archive of Mike Wallace’s interviews from the late 1950s. It is a rich collection; if you watch these shows, you will become very dissatisfied with the noise and incoherence of contemporary TV news. Wallace had real conversations with his guests, asked meaningful questions, [...]