ben lowery » Etc http://blowery.org this is my blog where i blog Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Linkage: March 20th, 2012 to March 22nd, 2012 http://blowery.org/2012/03/22/linkage-march-20th-2012-to-march-22nd-2012/ http://blowery.org/2012/03/22/linkage-march-20th-2012-to-march-22nd-2012/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:00:31 +0000 Ben http://blowery.org/?p=1265
Chordal on Mechanics
On the three kinds of mechanics. "He has self-confidence enhanced by self-confidence." is my favorite bit.
Suck it rabbit
Screw the Rabbit, I want one of these wine openers.
Without Shame…
Sigh. One day.
On Precise Work and MicroBrewed Furniture
Excellent points. Simple forms, done well are my favorite.
Case study: halving size of iPad app with ImageOptim+ImageAlpha

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Hurricane Irene Trail Work – Week One « Middle of the Trail
First hand account of Adirondack trail work in the wake of Irene
Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity | Visions | AlterNet
On the 40-hour work week. I'd prefer 4 10s to 5 8s, but that's just me.
A Different Scale
Logging redwoods. Impressive, but sad.
From the Archives: The Electric Car from 1980 – YouTube
The blue cheese wedge electric car from the '80s.
Unsolicited Praise for ‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’
"We like the book, too! And we are eagerly awaiting Peter’s follow-up book on building and carving 17th-century chests, which is already in the works." Sigh. Time to start saving.

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"The Life and Death of Urban Highways"
Oh how I would love to see 787 gone from the riverfront.
New and used Kentucky whiskey barrels
Need a whiskey or wine barrel? Here's the place.
The Most Beautiful Doorknob
Indeed.
Modern Handrail Detail
The hidden complexity behind the simplicity
Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys – good coders code, great reuse
History!
The Borderlands Gun Collector’s Club
Awesome rant on token economies, games and social sites

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    Japan tsunami pictures: before and after – The Big Picture
    Just what it says. Click on some pictures to see a before / after view
    Better Living Through Electrochemistry
    Original source of the electrochemistry article, with links to DIY it. Crazy crazy crazy.
    Tasp
    This is hell of a thing. Remove self-doubt with electrodes.
    APD: crazy fight outside Pearl Street bar
    Albany: fun at night
    A successful Git branching model
    The model that led to git-flow. Wonderful for long running projects.

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    Boost bloat, a brief case study
    Sigh. Boost.
    Loss Aversion Bias « Brain Bugs
    Nice essay on avoiding Loss Aversion Bias
    Sausage making in Albany
    A class on sausage making. Looks easy and fun.
    What is this I don’t even
    brogrammers 4eva
    I Just Might Have a Saw Fetish
    Make your own backsaws? Tempting.
    Episode #42: Re-toothing a Hand Saw
    Forgotten knowledge, remembered

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    Day trip: Lake Placid
    Good tips on places to see around LP
    Giant stick insect
    Amazing
    Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill
    On the psychology of anti-authoritarians
    UnicodeChecker – Explore and convert Unicode
    Wonderful Unicode explorer for Mac.
    The world’s oldest forest — in Schoharie County

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    html5slides – A Google HTML5 slide template
    Google's HTML5 slide framework
    From Cordwood to Caviar
    The story of the sturgeon in the Great Lakes
    Mussels Night at The Merry Monk!
    mmmmm mussels
    Removing Wind – Reader Tip
    neat way to find wind in a board
    How To Hide An Airplane Factory :: SonnyRadio.com
    We did what? Holy Camo.

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    Adirondack Almanack: Ice Fishing: Lake Champlain Shanty Stories
    "Anomalies in the ice surface caused the house to spin and lurch at times as it sped along. At one point, it was headed towards a community of ice-fishing shanties. Finally, the house struck a prominent crack in the ice, which sent it twirling and slowed its progress. It eventually came to a halt in the vicinity of Split Rock Point, ten miles from its origin. When the wind died down, a team of horses hauled the house back to Willsboro Point."
    All hands, battlestations!
    The desks of 37 signals. Sam's is just amazing.
    Table Saw Kickbacks! – NewWoodworker.com LLC
    Absolutely must watch video on kickback. This guy is a moron for trying this and knows it. Don't be a moron.
    Sauer & Steiner: Dining chair – one down… 5 to go.
    One hell of a dining room chair. Amazing curly walnut.
    ThermoWorks – Splash-Proof Thermapen Thermometer
    Here's the actual product page for the thermapen. Price came down a tick.
    Traditional BBQ Meats: Are the USDA temperatures enough? | ThermoWorks.com
    Start of a series on proper meat temps for BBQ.
    Also, if you cook, you need a Thermapen. Seems crazy expensive, but they're so worth it.
    Penn Station
    What Penn Station used to look like. What a loss.

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    OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in Blazing Speed – State of the Art – NYTimes.com
    The world's fanciest Remote Desktop client. Pretty cool.
    Async Programming Part 2: Promises
    Basics on promises
    Hardware City Tools
    Replacement totes for Veritas bevel up planes and classic Stanleys.
    pexpect – Noah.org
    Handy tools for dealing with subprocesses in an async manner
    Old Fashioned 101
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    Ubuntu on Android? Crazy, but cool.
    How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy
    Thoughts on Amazon's pricing algorithm
    By Hand and By Eye Wrap-Up
    Summary of Tolpin's new class
    My Favorite Day
    Wonderful write up of a good day, a neat way to use a protractor when building chairs
    On Boats
    Tim Bray on boating. BOAT = Bring Out Another Thousand. Nice.

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