Agile is..doing only as much as you need
This weekend I discovered what I consider to be a massive design flaw in my Mazda3. The problem that lead to this discovery is actually something that has happened a few times, and I believed it to be an electrical fault. I was happier in that belief.
My disturbing Nokia obsession
I find that the extent to which I’m becoming a Nokia fan-boy getting worse as the years progress. In the beginning I just found they made the best quality mobile phones hands down.
Conflicting interests
Last week and this week saw me do two different things which reflect the two parts of my interests, my computer geek side and my woodworking side.
That’s exactly what I intended to do….honest.
The more I turn, the more I notice I have two modes of operation for producing items. The first mode is the considered approach I know I should take. I sketch some designs in my makers notebook, think about my plan, consider the order to do things in. Then I go to the garage and…
Wooden door latch
A little while ago I was browsing the web, and I found an interesting site, that contained a number of wood working projects.
Closing the door on a long standing todo.
Some time ago I started a project…, OK quite a long time ago…, alright – I’m slightly embarrassed to admit it was over 2 years ago. My bedroom is pretty big so I decided it could stand to lose a couple of feet to have a decent size built-in wardrobe.
Candle snuffer, take 2
For this month’s HWA meeting my challenge had been set as a candle snuffer. I had already made one, exactly as it had been shown in the instructions I was given. But the second candle snuffer I made, I decide to make articulated.
The high street ‘experience’
Why do I still bother with real, physical shopping trips??For some reason part of my brain thinks it will be good, that I’ll be able to get what I want, and have it now, not in a few days waiting for delivery.
New E71 and broadband dongle
Three gadgets in two weeks!
My new Nokia N810
Yes! It finally arrived, last Monday I got my hands on my new N810.