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: The Littlest Big Dog
This is the story of the lovable demonic dog that everyone has come to know as El Bee. Our story with him starts back in the late spring, early summer of 2017. Out For...
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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