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Coffee Cabinet
This project started with my being tired of clutter on our kitchen counter and deciding I should build something that looked decent to store things in. It was both a fun design challenge, which I still have a lot to learn from, but also I threw in some new joinery — dovetails and stopped dados…
A Pragmatic Beginner’s Guide to Introducing AI to Your Engineering Workflow
If you spend too much time on the internet, it’s pretty easy to believe that everyone out there has outsourced their job to AI and is just letting their LLM of choice run free. I’ve been talking with engineers in the real world recently though, and the truth is that there is wild variability in…
Lavender Starflower
Grewia Occidentalis #1 and #2 Acquired 2020 – Lavender Star Flower (Grewia Occidentalis) I bought two of these in 2020 from https://www.bonsaify.com/ for $25 each. They’ve been a bit challenging as they need a lot of sunlight and water, in comparison to some of my other trees. I bought two of these in 2020 from…
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Life Facts
4
continents lived on
5
operas performed in
5:08
1 mile PR (before I got old)
360lbs
most I’ve every deadlifted (before my powerlifting career was tragically ended by genetics)