First some context and background before getting to my thoughts.
The Rose, Thorn, Bud mindfulness exercise is designed to get you to think about the day’s events. It’s basically a mini journal entry.
[Read More]Recently a friend got me thinking about the old Palm Pilot, Sony Clie and Handspring Visor PDA’s (personal data assistant) and how they were particulary useful.
They existed prior to having the internet always at-hand, they are very focused environments, they use a stylus for text entry which mimicks writing in a notebook and there were a ton of great apps available.
They worked ridiculously well as pocket notebooks, date books, todo list managers, course work managers and a hell of a lot more. I should know, I had a Sony Clie during my Uni years and it’s the reason I didn’t wash out or fail out of Uni. I relied on the Clie heavily and it truly was a second brain for me.
[Read More]On the go backups can be run using an Android phone with the following hardware. A dedicated device is no longer necessary. Use a file manager that can read/write OTG disks and use the phone to copy/paste data from SD cards to backup storage.
External USB storage and USB SD card adapters use a lot of power and a powered hub / dock is required for this process.
[Read More]This post is a collection of my notes on how to use a mirrorless camera for videography. These notes are specific to the Sony a6500 mirrorless camera but should be adaptable to other models and brands.
[Read More]This post is less ‘macrame project’ and more ‘useful information’.
As I continue to work through learning macrame, experimenting with sinnets, learning to tie various knots and more I realized I need a basic method of tying things together (duh?). I also need a way to organize my materials for everything I’m working with at any given moment.
[Read More]It’s surprisingly easy and cheap to re-wrap a cat scratcher. The hard part is finding a technique that’s straight forward, easy to learn and doesn’t require specialized hardware (tools).
The below outlines a way of re-wrapping cat scratchers that fits the criteria. The only special tool needed is a fid (lacing needle) as the finishing step that holds everything in place needs the rope to be laced through the main whipping wraps. Thankfully fid’s are not expensive and easily obtained.
[Read More]A simple way to wrap a book for carring. This is meant to allow attaching a book to a bag via caribeaner and similar.
Figure 1: The Ashley Book of Knots and an A5 notebook wrapped for carrying
[Read More]I’ve finally made enough progress with Macrame and related to start publishing my work. This post goes through the ‘why’ of my interest, my current tools, organization practices and more. It’s a general run down of what I’ve put together in order to practice macrame effectively.
[Read More]A handy trick: a rolling pin is cheap, easy to obtain and can simulate a post. This can be super helpful for learning hitches and whippings.
[Read More]A simple, easy way to create bookmarks.
Figure 1: 4 bookmarks laid out on a table
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