That’s right – on the off chance you missed the other 20 announcements, I’m here to tell you that you need to start planning for Handworks next May 15th. Originally, it was going to be in the fall, but it was the same weekend as Burning Man and the google guys whined and cried and eventually agreed to shave […]
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farewell, my black balloon…
Well, now I went and did it. I got me some new website. About five years ago, when I started my blog and website, I opted for a color scheme of burgundy and (later) black. You can find the color swatch set filed under ‘Trent Reznor’s aura” on Kuler. I liked the site at the […]
In Praise of The Original Seed
Inspiration comes where you find it – after you hunt it down, corner it, and pound it into submission. Waiting on inspiration is as savvy as waiting for a cab in Dubuque. – Little Stevie D. Just like Groundhog Day, friends, your humble narrator pokes his head out to see if his shadow is feeling […]
Not dead yet
So there has been some interesting flak around my recent obituary posted by Chris Schwarz. I’ve received several phone calls and emails, and been truly and genuinely surprised that there actually do seem to be some people who might be saddened by news of my death. My only regret is about the people who took […]
Suspect Device
Machines ain’t the problem. Lazy people are the problem. First you design for yourself, and use the machine to make the design. Then you start working out how to make the most of the machine, and eventually you’re not designing for people anymore – you’re designing for the machine. But really, the machine’s designing for […]
Your Southern Can Is Mine
Because I was (by far) the slowest and most infrequent blogger in the house, there’s already been better coverage of the 2013 FORP than I could ever offer: Jam-master “J” Alibaba’s video and commentary over at the Benchcrafted blog AP Style Maven Chris “The Tip” Schwarz’s day-by-day coverage at Lost Art Press Jeff Miller […]
Lost in the Supermarket
I was in the local Orange Behemoth not long ago, and saw some woodworking magazine with the phrase ‘CNC magic’ on the cover. The picture was a geometric bowlish object – one of those things that looks like it was made with the 3D equivalent of a spirograph. I made an involuntary noise. ‘Bless you’ […]
I got peace turned up so loud. Handworks 2013.
Punk at its heart is a blood-n-spit forged radical commitment to integrity. It’s a full-force head-butt to a mass-produced culture that degrades our humanity and a caste system sewn in niceties, innuendoes, and euphemism. It’s not nice and it’s certainly not subtle. But true? Aye – it’s that. Always that. — Stew Napalm, aka Stuart […]