My biggest problem with my speed square is that it always takes me fifteen minutes to find where I last put it down.

On a scale from “distressing” to “completely and utterly appalling”, this is somewhere to the right of “disturbing” and to the left of “thoroughly appalling”.

I have an old Samsung T509 (looks almost identical to the phone pictured above) laying around so I may have a go at this project at the weekend.

The thing about the maker movement is that many times we’ll do things just because we can, or for the learning, or the sense of achievement, not because it’s the most economically viable thing to do. Adults need playtime too.

This is great. The last time I flew cross-country my phone absolutely refused to cooperate with United’s “use your own device” in-flight entertainment system. I was so bored I read the safety card. Next time I’ll be prepared.

Most will also come with a measuring cup which you should use. The commonest rookie mistake is not knowing that rice has its own standard “cup” measure, which is not the same as the US standard cup.

This is timely. I need a new offsite backup provider for my wife’s photography biz. I’d been using SOS Online Backup but they recently killed their unlimited plan, and their new pricing would put me in their $1600/year price tier!

Good tips. I have a circulating pump on the hot water line so I don’t have to remember to run the tap first.

I can’t believe how quickly I’ve gone from “SSDs are too expensive for anything but the boot disk and the OS” to “I have these small SSDs lying around that I can’t even be bothered to put in one of my systems, maybe I can do something useful with them on a Pi?”

The latest thinking is even more interesting and nuanced. Ekirch’s research was looking specifically at Western Europeans, and a newer proposal is that segmented sleep was an adaptation to life at more northerly latitudes than our African ancestors experienced. If (and it’s a big if) we can draw conclusions from…

Frames around your pictures? What an astonishing world of wonders we are blessed to live in!

The Guest, Keen part did. The Nettlefold part began in Smethwick, and is why the company was long associated with the West Midlands.

What I mainly need is an easy way to download and verify the transactions from my bank accounts and credit cards. What would you recommend for that?

I recommend a Sharpie Paint Pen — it’s easier to apply precisely than tape, and being oil-based, once it’s dried it stays put. The pens come in a variety of widths. I got mine at a Michaels craft store, google for other suppliers.

I would pay good money to see somebody smack the snot out of McGregor, and last night I got my wish.

This is perfect for all those situations where you find yourself without a soldering iron yet with a lighter, a loop of wire, some tape, solder, and an overwhelming desire to have a butane lighter blow up in your hand.

You magnificent bastard.

No it wasn’t. Fortunately nobody was hurt, other than my insurance premiums.

Picture a country road with just enough room for one lane of traffic in each direction and not even a white line down the center in stretches. Now imagine I’ve been stuck behind this car for several miles as he slows right down and speeds up, slows right down and speeds up... and I’m getting frustrated because I’m…

Wow. The second-biggest crash I was ever in was exactly the same story, precisely the way you described, right down to the thought process.