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IKEA Socker Hack: Window Bird Feeder

May 31, 2013 // 1 Comment

Using items from IKEA for DIY projects is something of a phenomenon on the Internet. A quick search brings back thousands of hacks and ideas. When we first came across [...]

Timex Intelligent Quartz FirstLook

May 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

Wristwatches are one of our favorite gadgets. We have acquired a few of them over the years, but we are always on the lookout to add to the collection. It is not always [...]

Boxster Spring Prep 2013

April 29, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Spring Prep ritual for the Boxster was completed this weekend. We swapped out the Firestone WinterForce snow tires for the Hankook Ventus summer ones, checked the [...]

Casio Edifice 720 FirstUse

March 18, 2013 // 0 Comments

As most readers know, our policy is to look at gear and gadgets which we think provide something unique or interesting to the mix. As with other watches we have reviewed, [...]

NUI FirstThoughts

March 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

Jeff Han set the user-interface world on fire with his FTIR-based multi-touch technology presentation at the 2006 TED conference. The interface’s ease of use was [...]

Kenmore Washer Repair : Motor Coupling

February 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

We don’t think  about washers and dryers too often. We expect them to work every time we use them, but otherwise we hardly ever give them a thought. A [...]

Grow Your Own Mushrooms

January 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

Mushrooms are amazing. They are fascinating to photographers, biologists, and cooks the world over. As we are interested in photography, science, and food, we have found [...]

Making Yogurt at Home

January 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Fearing Fear Itself RainyDayKitchen has been yearning to make yogurt for years, but has always been thwarted by the fear that its, output, would give everyone in the office [...]

First 100 Digits

November 19, 2012 // 1 Comment

Using some of the techniques in The Memory Bible and Mind Hacks, we started on our goal to memorize the first 50 digits of Pi. We tried a few different techniques, but [...]

Boxster Winter Prep 2012

November 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

The Winter prep for the Boxster is a ritual we have been performing for over ten years. Prep consists of: swapping the summer tires for winter one; checking the brake [...]
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