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Turns out that another Jason Crowther (of Utah) recently passed away and folks are finding me instead of him. Thanks to the folks who reported this in comments on my recent post. You can find more …

With this equipment, you can store bananas on any convenient vertical surface. Nice.

The latest in our ongoing battle to more effectively use the closet space in our house. There were some standards on the wall already but not sure if they ever had shelves on them because they were …

Bots or otherwise… Mercy, there was quite a spike in my google analytics. Easily most page views for a single day in the 8 or so years I’ve been running this blog. Most were on the home page, but a …

Got distracted and my Bacon Balsamic Brussel Sprouts spent a little too much time in the oven. A little crispy, but still tasty none-the-less. Winged the recipe this time. Prepped bacon via the …

The Magic Skittle Sorter. Ah, memories. I remember back to high school, in my Principles of Engineering class, where we tried to build a similar device for sorting marbles using FischerTechnik kits. …

Guy Puts a Volvo 240 Turbo Engine Into a Tractor, Goes Offputtingly Fast - Cheezburger. Mechanically, awesome. But, equally impressive is the driver. Not every day you see burn outs and drifting in a …

Caught some of this live the other night on Palladia, good stuff.

SQL Fiddle. Interesting. I’ve known about jsfiddle for a while. Didn’t know there was an SQL equivalent. Wow! it even lets you pick between different database engines (Mysql, Oracle, Postgresql, and …

One of the new features at Destiny USA is Wonderworks. From what I can tell, its kinda like the MOST, a museum/activity center for kids. Hope to bring the kids there soon.