So here’s what Jim wanted me to make him. A box for his Nintendo. It’s similar to the folding box. In fact it started out like the folding box but then I closed up the sides so that it would be …
Read MoreMonth: April 2008
Paper Boxes
I got a kit for making a paper box last week. It was from Books by Hand. They have a number of kits for making books/albums and boxes using book board, book cloth, and decorative papers. Ben Franklin sells the …
Read MoreFirst Sign of Spring
lousy photo — i took it in the barn at twilight. nonetheless — he’s the first swallow of spring.
Read MoreBusy Weekend Down on the Farm
We did way too much farm stuff this weekend. We’ve known that the chicken coop needed work before it could house the new laying flock. We got carried away. Or rather the chicken coop got carried away. We moved it …
Read MoreTrivia I Need
ColourLovers posted a list of all 120 Crayola crayon colors and their (approximate) hex and RGB codes. The list was complied by Aaron at ColorSchemer.com. I am now going to waste several hours creating a custom Photoshop palette of these …
Read MoreBirdfeeder Design and a Good Use of Website Animation
I’m a fan of birdfeeders and clever product design. The Architect’s Birdfeeder, designed by Doug Patt Pratt, is good looking and an intriguing engineering solution. The key feature — it ships like flat-pack furniture but better because it goes together without that …
Read MoreChicken Farming
We have new chicks. 12 arrived this morning. Here’s my favorite. (A rooster with my luck!) More info and updates on the chicken page.
Read MoreOpinion — Good Cop Have a Doughnut
This weekend was garage and barn tidy time. Which inevitably results in a trip to the local transfer station. Load up the flatbed trailer and hitch it up to the adventure truck (don’t forget to take a dog along!) and …
Read MoreOne Finished and One Not-So-Much
Work on the balloon seller picture is complete. You can see a full-size digital version here. (no small version today — can’t get it to resize correctly — maybe tomorrow) The image in the gallery is a digital version that I made for Jim …
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