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Golf

The Golf Swing from First Principles

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Jeff

Try to forget everything you have been told about the golf swing and instead break it down into its most fundamental parts and reason from the bottom up Continue reading The Golf Swing from First Principles

Musings

Why make this website?

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Jeff

In the age of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, why would anyone bother making a blog website? I mean if big tech does all the difficult backend infrastructure and frontend UI work for you for free so that all you … Continue reading Why make this website?

Data Projects

This Website on Raspberry Pi

February 19, 2023February 24, 2023 Jeff

DIY Hosting Back in 2019, I built a WordPress website and hosted it on Bluehost. It was a good learning experience in many ways but what I didn’t learn was anything about the backend workings of how a website actually … Continue reading This Website on Raspberry Pi

Family

Washington DC

February 19, 2023February 24, 2023 Jeff

Just Eloise and I September 2022 Continue reading Washington DC

Woodworking

Tortilla Press

February 18, 2023November 3, 2023 Jeff

A gift to an old friend In 2019, while visiting Colorado for a family reunion, we dropping in on my old friend Chris and his family. They are vegan and therefore prefer to make their own dairy free tortillas from … Continue reading Tortilla Press

Woodworking

The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 5 – The End

February 18, 2023November 5, 2023 Jeff

Project Wrap And Photo Gallery Procuring the right pieces of walnut to make up the drawer fronts required at least four separate trips to Crosscut Hardwoods in Seattle spread out over six months so that the inventory had time to … Continue reading The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 5 – The End

Woodworking

The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 4 – The Drawers

February 18, 2023November 3, 2023 Jeff

Making Smaller Boxes I started working on the drawers back in November 2018 and just now completed them in May 2019 so six months of this year long project was spent just making drawers. There is a caveat however as … Continue reading The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 4 – The Drawers

Woodworking

The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 3 – The Base

February 18, 2023November 3, 2023 Jeff

Making The Foundation During my last trip to the lumber yard, I found the perfect piece of 12/4 walnut that had some nice curly figure to it and was long and wide enough to make the entire base frame and … Continue reading The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 3 – The Base

Woodworking

The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 2 – The Case

February 18, 2023November 3, 2023 Jeff

Making A Large Box Back at the garage, I used my thickness planer to bring the 4/4 down to its final thickness of 13/16″ and clean up all the hit and miss planer marks left from the saw mill. I then … Continue reading The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 2 – The Case

Woodworking

The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 1 – The Beginning

February 18, 2023November 3, 2023 Jeff

Project Origin And Design Spring 2018; my wife Amy was looking for a dresser on craigslist to replace the cheap one we bought also on craigslist about nine years earlier.  As is typical when trying to find furniture together, she … Continue reading The Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dresser – Part 1 – The Beginning

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