Archive for the 'Hints & Tips' Category

Blend in a jar - revisited

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

This is the rebuttal to my own post. 4 months ago I came across and idea and thought it would be cool - blending frozen drinks in one of those mason jar glasses. Well, I finally came across such a “jar glass” at the House of Deals. So I bought the dust collecting beverage […]

How *NOT* to collaborate and share information

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

I recently saw how a virtual team of a few hundred people chose to share information.

setup a “community” to manage membership and let participants choose to subscribe and un-subscribe. GOOD
setup a Wiki to establish a calendar of meeting topics. OK
setup a “quick” file sharing site for posting presentations. GOOD
email out the links to the above […]

Blend in a jar

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

This is about as far a field as I am likely to get for a while. I have thought the “Bullet Blender” was pretty cool but I already have an industrial blender (yes, that is the right description for it). As such, it will probably never burn out as long as I don’t try […]

Best Weather Map for USA

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

If you fancy yourself as a better weather forecaster than your local news  station - and that is not much of a challenge - a good overview of weather provides a plethora of information. An animated weather map lets you see the storms, wind patterns, and speed. It provides a great overview of what […]

Guru Jig

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

I’ve been following the Mala saga over at RTTC. Now it’s time for me to dive in an attempt my first Mala. I will follow the instructions as closely as I can with one exception - the Guru bead.
I am taking a lesson from my grandfather; “when working with odd shaped pieces of wood or […]