See also “knolling.” But it can be taken to extremes. I ran across the term watching a video of one of Adam Savage’s one day builds—a custom Lego Sisyphus kit. He insisted on “knolling” all the 1350 pieces of Lego, which meant (at least for him) that he took, say, all the like-colored 1x2 bricks and snapped them all…

While I have a 1.5HP 17" drill press in my shop now, I find I don’t use it all that often. A crappy 4A 10" tabletop drill press is even more questionable as a purchase in my mind from a utility perspective. So I probably would take the $190 you would spend buying a trashy Mastercraft drill press add in the $20 you…

Can the 4A motor in the DP withstand the sustained load?

I’m still not buying it. Why would the “thinnest” part be most exposed to corrosion? While some blades may have a sandwiched construction, it isn’t going to be relevant on that scale. So I think it can safely be said that the metal that is the sharpened edge is no different than the rest of the metal in the…

I’ll buy that failing to dry may cause blackening or rust, but very few people out there are buying knives these days that aren’t stainless, so this is a nonissue for most of us. I went to the original article to find out why failing to dry my knives causes them to get dull faster, which made zero sense to me. Since…

Remarkable as this may seem, there are many consumers out there that are rational, and still may want different things than you. I know it may be less intellectually taxing to assume that you are, in fact, the basis for all that is reasonable, but most people grow out of that in time.

Remarkable as this may seem, there are many consumers out there that are rational, and still may want different…

It may be where you are in life too. I’m over 50. Among other things, it means that creature comforts centered around my ass and sitting long periods carries far more value than it did in my 20s.

It may be where you are in life too. I’m over 50. Among other things, it means that creature comforts centered…

It is comparable to the other beach chairs I see on the beach height-wise (seat; they are high-backed compared to some others, but I like that). Besides, beaches are sand—you want it lower, use your heel to drag a trench before you put it down. And, from the link “5 reclining positions and arched seat front for…

It is comparable to the other beach chairs I see on the beach height-wise (seat; they are high-backed compared to…

Ah, my favorite kind of bullshit value judgment—the old “anyone who doesn’t agree with my values is stupid” commenter. Maybe I have to haul my chair around a lot more than you do, so the fact that it is superlight is worth money to me. Maybe I use mine a lot more than you do, so marginal comfort is worth more to me.…

Ah, my favorite kind of bullshit value judgment—the old “anyone who doesn’t agree with my values is stupid”…

Lafuma low elips (sic) folding chair. Just under $100 from Amazon. The only insanely light chair I could find that was well-engineered and durable.

Lafuma low elips (sic) folding chair. Just under $100 from Amazon. The only insanely light chair I could find that…

Oh good lord no.

I had a poor relationship with pegboard—not a huge fan of the look, and the damn pegs always seemed to fall out or require too much maintenance. I switched to commercial slatwall for wall hung stuff in my garage (lawn tools, extension cords, sporting gear, etc), but in my shop areas I tend to like drawers—too many…

Not sure why that stuff doesn’t fall out. I’m guessing it is wedged in there, but then it seems like a PITA to get out. I use laser cut French fit EVA foam inserts in my drawers, but you obviously don’t have the falling out issue there. And you can cut away little segments for fingers so you can pick stuff up easy.

A $10 stick specifically formulated for this lasts a long time (hell, I got mine for free, since the guy who sold me his wide belt sander threw it in for nothing). And isn’t floppy with loose stuff coming off of it, so probably safer. And doesn’t smell like an old shoe and hasn’t been in contact with dog shit or…

She’s riffing on the classic Yotam Ottolenghi/Sami Tamimi recipe, so here’s a link to the original:

I use a Modernist Cuisine recipe for pressure cooker chicken stock, which produces a phenomenally rich stock (although not exactly cheap to make). Calls for 1.5# chicken wings (chopped/broken up), 1.5# chicken thighs (skinless/boneless ground), 1T oil, 1C onions (thinly sliced), 1/2C carrots (thinly sliced), 1/2C…

And you’re just a shining example of intellectual capacity. Fully evolved all the way to 3rd grade, huh?

I’m assuming you are making that comment out of some misguided view that the subsidization inherent in the postal system (see someone’s comment further up about Hawaii) is beneficial to the common man. But I’m not sure why I should be subsidizing mail to Hawaii and Alaska when they rank #3 and #6, respectively, in my…

Actually, I’m a liberal democrat and, as far as Constitutional thinking goes, about as far away from strict construction as you can get.

My response to you didn’t get close to personal until the last paragraph, yet that is all you seize on, so your play to staking out the intellectual high ground is sort of bullshit. You want the high ground, ignore the insults and take up the argument. The larger point is and remains that your “a-f” either support…