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  • Cattasaurus CatCave
    When a few readers heard that Reese had joined the RainyDayMagazine team as the new RainyDayIntern, they graciously sent him a fabulous welcome gift. “I’m pretty [...]

  • Introducing…Reese the Kitten
    Two years ago, we lost both of our beloved RainyDayInterns within the span of a month. Eliot and Milo lived good long lives and brought us a ridiculous amount of joy, [...]

  • DIY: $200 Katana…Assembly
    One of the 2025 RainyDayProjects was to assemble a katana with pieces sourced directly from China using their version of Amazon marketplace (Temu and Aliexpress). We wanted [...]

  • DIY: $200 Katana…Test Fit
    We started our katana DIY project at the beginning of the year. Our budget is: $50 for all the components (tsuka, seppa, etc.); $50 for the saya (lacquered, buffalo horn [...]

  • YES Watch V7 : Bezel Insert Change
    The purpose of a bezel on a watch is to secure and protect the crystal. A rotatable bezel can also be used to mark/measure time, track directions, and perform calculations.  [...]

  • 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 [...]
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Adobe DMP Tools: Fast & Furious

by Wan Chi Lau in Development Environment

Adobe recently announced that the beta period for their Digital Magazine Publishing tools will end in June. This means that the free tools we used to create the 2010 Gift [...]

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