Paradise ponders: giant redwood boxes, ancient eyeballs, errant puppies, and bloody confusion edition...   Well, we had quite a confused and...

Fingers done!   And they fit together very nicely.  After I was completely finished and feeling good about the result, I had another brain...

Working on the big box...   It's really a way to elevate my dovetail jig, but it will look like a big box, anyway.  I ran into a slight...

The finished C-clamp rack...   Per a reader's request, here it is (at right).  The photo is a bit of an optical illusion: the rack is ...

Paradise ponders: spraying, cable connectors, dovetails, flowering trees, and weird parts edition...  Yesterday I sprayed our yard with 2,4-...

Paradise ponders: first mowing edition...   Yesterday I fought the battle of the lawnmower.  Successfully, too – not long before dark I actu...

It's not just American history we don't know...   We're just as ignorant about Mexican history!  Click image at right to embig...

Paradise ponders, gluey spray edition...   I'll be working out in our yard most of today.  The weather is gorgeous, and I've got a b...

Awesome...   I'm sad to know that Cassini's mission is over in September.  I've been following it closely for so long now that i...

“First chips” on the router table...   After several hours of careful assembly, lining up, and tests on scraps, I decided I was ready for th...

Puerto Rico to declare bankruptcy ... and default on $73 billion in “municipal debt” .  The financial situation in Puerto Rico is complicat...

Lindzen on climate alarmism...   If you're not familiar with him, Richard Lindzen is a well-known atmospheric scientist at MIT who'...

Paradise ponders, joinery jig jollies and vampire doctors edition...   The past couple of days I've been assembling and learning to use ...

Another SpaceX success...   They launched an NRO classified payload today, and recovered the first stage by a landing at Cape Canaveral. S...

Walking down memory lane again...   Just saw the latest Ken Shirriff post on reverse-engineering the 76477 audio chip.  Oh, man, did that ...

Paradise ponders: router table and sushi edition...   Per a reader's request, a photo (at right) of our new oven, installed.  Above it...

A wall around California...   I suspect the majority of the population of the Mountain States would think this was a very good idea!

Favorite colors...   It would never have occurred to me to study the question of what colors are people's favorites.  Nor would I have e...

Paradise ponders: Utah gratitude edition...   I fled to Utah from California just three years ago, after living in that sunny land for 43 ye...

Paradise ponders: snow and router table edition...   The router table is now complete except for the actual router and it's lifter (they...