The refit, boldly going from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion
It’s an exciting day for me and my venerable (2008) MacPro. I’m bringing the memory up to 8GB, adding a terabyte drive …
Mini AT-ST Popsicle Stick Model
Mini AT-ST Popsicle Stick Model. This is just brilliant and pointless at the same time. It will be hard for me to …
The Dam Busters!
[youtube http://youtu.be/-miLoWZ68Dk] UPDATE: There are nice pictures of the new Lancaster tooling at Scale Model News. The news that Airfix is releasing a …
Code Breakers Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes
[youtube http://youtu.be/JF48sl15OCg] I’m a fiend for the efforts of the British secret service to decipher the German codes during World War II and …
Near perfect blueberry muffins
I’ve long been on the quest to make the perfect blueberry muffins, primarily because the quality of Safeway blueberry muffins is so …
Rocky Mountain Shipwrights
Because I don’t have enough hobbies, I went to a meeting today of the Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, which as the name suggests, …
Enterprise
It’s amazing how time and perspective make us appreciate things differently. Enterprise was certainly my least loved Star Trek series, largely because …
Maximum Defiant – The Devil in the Details «
Maximum Defiant – The Devil in the Details «. Wow, if you want to see some glory shots of the USS Defiant, …
Obama says no to Death Star
There are definitely benefits to having a nerd in the White House, as this response to a petition that the U.S. build …
Making batteries for pennies
I really loved those grade school experiments like making crystal radios and making your own electric motor. This instructable is along the …