ben lowery

Interesting stuff from March 4th, 2012 through March 7th, 2012

2012 Mar 7th
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

Interesting stuff from February 29th, 2012 through March 1st, 2012

2012 Mar 1st
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

Interesting stuff from February 24th, 2012 through February 29th, 2012

2012 Feb 29th
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.

Interesting stuff from February 23rd, 2012 through February 24th, 2012

2012 Feb 24th
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.

Interesting stuff from February 22nd, 2012 through February 23rd, 2012

2012 Feb 23rd
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
Hoe to make an Old Fashioned