darnin’ Right to repair. When does something die? I choose? Being in my thir-Ds – wearing holes in my sweater. Caught it on a hook – heard the ripping sound. First thing I thought was that Mel is going to immediately hate this now. Listening to Mega Bog’s new record now – sounds super good.…

More musings on Hobbies + I brewed beer today Beers in various stages of fermentation next to my toilet It seems obvious that having routine check-ins or hangs allows for friendships to be built. But additionally, having some external thing that sets the endpoint of a hang is also key – it removes a layer…

Found A Solution This week I wrestled with the chicken door conundrum from last week and came to a decision. I decided not to automate anything – I want inconvenience, I want to rely on others to help me, I want to be in debt to others, feed the “friendship economy”.   I buried 1’ long…

Philosophical dilemmas around hobbies and automation Automatic Chicken Doors, Smokers that smoke meat perfectly every time, a robot that weeds, plants and harvests a vegetable garden, an automatic beer maker. Optimizing yourself out of a Hobby:  Theorems: When the tool you buy to support a hobby, eliminates the dedication, knowledge or cultivation needed to get…

Been really inspired to draw and paint these few weeks. Honestly, I love that my efforts aren’t just dissolving into the ether of my life. Thank you for being here and sharing a little heart or comment – you have inspired me.  House painting update: I felt really good about some things I did this…

“Feeling it” – I spoke last week about how drawing with your eyes closed is likely the most “real” connection with your memory of something – or if not that transcendental, at least makes you reduce your scope to the most important parts of a sketch. What are the core movements of something?  Chickens! Very…

Last week I talked about house painting and the Digital Windchime. Here’s a little progress there: House Painting: During our monday jam sesh, we talked a bit about drawing from memory. I came away with an experiment to try – namely to try and draw the house I posted last week from memory and without…

The workshop is open – won’t you peer inside? A few projects are in process now.  House Painting: Quite a while ago I embarked on a watercolor project to paint every place I have ever lived in. So far, I have completed 3 of 12. The above I drew from photos that I took. I…

A while back Melissa’s Mom got me a self help book called “the Artist’s Way”. Its main premise is that we have more or less shamed ourselves out of being creative, fear judgement and also bestow judgement harshly to bolster our feelings of self worth. See DFW’s comments on Irony and the use of.  One…

When we moved I sadly had to part with my fermentation fridge. Since then I have been trying to ferment bread either on the counter (too cold – takes forever) or in the oven with just the light on (too hot – dough comes out like soup).  Today I made a mobile fermentation assistant (i.e.…