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Boxster Rear Speakers Rebuild

May 31, 2026 // 0 Comments

Way back in 2004, we found ourselves inspired by Rob Sampson, and so we built ourselves a set of rear speaker enclosures for our 2000 Porsche Boxster using PVC pipe fittings, [...]

Reolink All-in-One Solar Floodlight: Install

May 17, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Reolink All-in-One Solar Floodlight is a self-contained security camera. The installation process is straightforward, but the camera needs to be powered up, initialized, [...]

Clapp, meet Bartlett :-)

April 26, 2026 // 0 Comments

Our “Clapp’s Favorite” pear tree made it through its second New England winter! The tree started budding at the beginning of April, but a last-minute cold [...]

Buffalo Leather Work Gloves: DIY Repair

April 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

Those who know us know that we like things that: work, last for a long time, and if/when they “break,” we can fix them ourselves (if we can). Recently, while [...]

Boxster Project: PDR Kit FirstLook

October 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Back in May 2016, THIS happened to the Boxster when it was parked at a motel on a road trip. It was a freak thunderstorm, so the motel’s insurance company denied the [...]

InkOMG: Semi-Permanent Tattoos FirstLook

August 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

The joke about “getting a tattoo” has always been: “Hey, it’s only forever :-)” For folks interested in getting a tattoo but are not keen on the [...]

DIY: $200 Katana…Testing

July 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

At the beginning of 2025, we started the $200 Katana Project. The goal was to see if we could assemble a high-quality katana by sourcing all the parts from China. The project [...]

Boxster Project: Auto-To-Manual Conversion

May 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

The convertible top of the 25-year-old Boxster started behaving erratically last Fall. We decided that the problem is most likely electrical, which could be hard to track [...]

DIY: $200 Katana…Anchoring the Blade

March 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Until recently, sourcing component parts for a katana directly from craftsmen in China was not practical for an individual, especially from overseas…but no longer!!! [...]
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