An interesting calculator discovery and the result of a 12-hour drive
I recently drove 12 hours from our home in Santa Fe to our beach spot in Mexico while Sonya had numerous virtual meetings and phone calls en route. This meant that I was not...
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Braun Oral-B Electric Toothbrush Battery Replacement
Recently the battery in my electric toothbrush stopped holding its charge, despite the “full” indicator displayed in the LCD built into the handle. The Braun Oral-B Triumph Professional Care electric toothbrush is one of...
El Bee: El Perro Grande Más Pequeño
Esta es la historia del adorable perro demoníaco conocido como «El Bee». Nuestra historia con él comienza a finales de la primavera y principios del verano de 2017. Salir A Correr Empecé a correr...
The Community Desk Project
[Since this was originally published, we have launched a formal non-profit project which you can find by going to www.communitydeskproject.org. Thank you all for such amazing support.] For two weeks now, Sonya and I...
DIY Electric Standing Desk
Now that I’m working from home full-time for the foreseeable future, I decided it was time to upgrade my home office. The previous glass-topped metal desk unit I thought was so cool back in...
Custom Chevy Bolt Crossbars on the Cheap
I need a pair of crossbars for my Bolt for hauling the occasional long boards from the home improvement store and for carrying my bicycle around, since I already have a rooftop bicycle rack...
Sending Children Via Parcel Post
In reading this day’s Santa Fe New Mexican from 100 years ago (25 May 1920), I came across this horrible sounding story in which two young boys, ages 8 and 6, were sent from...
Rustic Dining Chairs
For my last project I made a simple rustic outdoor table out of a bunch of 2×4s. I looked around for a set of chairs to complete it but didn’t see anything for under...
Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri—the White House of the mid-west
In September of 1945, Mrs. Bernice S. (née Shonely) Howard (b. 30 Aug 1906, Hiawatha, KS; d. 2 Mar 1999, Racine, WI) was traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, where she stayed at the Hotel...
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