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  • Meade ETX-90 : Camera Adapter
    At the end of last year we found an ETX-90 telescope that was BADLY in need of some TLC. We acquired it, cleaned it, and salvaged what we could of it. We considered tackling [...]

  • DIY: $200 Katana…sourcing the parts
    The MFA in Boston has probably the largest collection of Japanese katanas in the world, including Japan. The work that goes into each sword component is, in and of itself, a [...]

  • Itomaki No Tachi
    We made a fun, accidental find to start off the new year. Enjoy! Tachi Some 30 years ago, we acquired a replica tachi at an estate sale. The replica is of a of sword in the [...]

  • 2024: A Year of Birding
    At the start of 2024, we stated that our focus would be birding. Twelve months later, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the birds we saw, the outings we took, [...]

  • Oriental Old Fashioned
    We recently “met” Suntory TOKI whisky at the really terrific, third-generation, local business, Gary’s Liquors. An unexpected and HUUUGE bonus at [...]

  • Boxster Project: Hardtop Installation
    It will be 25 years this Spring for our 2000 Porsche Boxster! We recently realized that we have never done a post on the installation of the Boxster hardtop. Even though we [...]

  • Dyson V8 Animal : Vacuum w/o cords
    V8 Animal Someone in the local Buy Nothing group was giving away a Dyson V8 Animal vacuum stick with all the attachments, tools, and bits. Apparently, the vacuum had a [...]

  • Schaaf Wood Carving Tools: FirstLook
    During our summer vacation we completed a project we began quite a while back: we decorated the post we made for our mat cutting practice by carving a dragon pattern into it. [...]

  • Oreck XL Vacuum: DIY repair
    We have had an Oreck vacuum cleaner since 2005. The machine is light-weight, easy to maneuver, and has powerful suction. It is also quiet, works well on bare and carpeted [...]

  • DJI Neo : FirstLook
    We looked at quadcopters—what we all call “drones”—back in 2005 and again in 2012. They were…interesting, but required too much user interaction to be [...]

  • The Galobart Books: Codex Madrid I
    Leonardo di Vinci’s works, paintings, and inventions have fascinated the world, inspired generations of engineers, and had long ago captivated our imagination. We have [...]

  • COFB X-Pak EVO Sling Pack: FirstLook
    A backpack is something everyone is familiar with, has used, and probably owns more than one. We certainly have reviewed many over the years, our favorites being from Tom [...]

  • Tameshigiri Series: FirstCuts
    In recent posts to our Tameshigiri series, we showed the carving of the cutting post and the rolling of the tatami mats. With those tasks completed, the remaining two tasks [...]

  • Tameshigiri Series: Rolling the mats
    In the previous installment of the Tameshigiri Series, we showed how we made the post for holding a rolled-up tatami mat for cutting. In this installment, we will detail [...]

  • Tameshigiri Series: Cutting Post
    In 2012 Gleason Sensei briefly considered adding a “live blade” session to Shobu Aikido’s program. His intent was to give his students the opportunity to [...]

  • On Vacation :-)
    We will be on vacation and doing Tai Chi on the beach for the month of August 🙂 Nobody is in charge and will stay that way until the grown ups return in September. Have a [...]

  • Cirque du Soleil OVO: Backstage
    RainyDayMagazine saw Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL at Boston University’s Agganis Arena a few years ago. Cirque du Soleil OVO premiered in New England at the same arena on [...]
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HP’s WebOS Bites the Dust

by Wan Chi Lau in iDevices

Since we got our first iPad on April 3rd, 2010, we have not been shy about our thoughts on the chances of other tablets going up against Apple. Today, HP announced [...]

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