Electric Mini Boat! My friend Josh at rapid whale came up with this awesome mini boat powered by a 12v battery. Check out more details on his Mini Boat page.

My wife requested one thing for Christmas: a custom made jewelry rack. Originally I was thinking of welding something together out of old gears and sprockets, but the power went out right when I was... [read more]

The 110v motor on my SouthBend 13” tool room lathe from the 1950’s is slowly dying. It stalls a lot, and I’m forced to take really light cuts, even in aluminum. It slowly decreases speed... [read more]

Part 1 discussed why you should not be doing code reviews. Part 2: When to do code reviews and how to not do them. If you are creating mission critical code, then by all means: have... [read more]

You probably don’t need to be doing code reviews. Have confidence in the code you write, and understand it well. Click through to read all the details on why.

Some ramblings about where to go crabbing off Moss Landing in a sailboat, and the equipment I use.

The electric bug constantly has stuff going wrong with it. I got it back on the road and registered as a salvage vehicle. I could finally drive it to work again, but I’m a bit... [read more]

I had to tear them off. It was a sad day.