Hot Grilled Peppers

My brother and his wife farm a pretty amazing crop in the gentle hills of Kentucky. I received a nice box of canned corn, and numerous peppers of various kind. Not to mention a few gnarly gourds. Fantastic Peppers Canned Sweet Corn Gnarly Gourds  Read More

Gigantic Daybed

Big Girl Daybed Our daughter now sleeps in a sea of an ocean of an expanse of a daybed. Her brother is insanely jealous.  Read More

Pop Art Lesson in Recycling

Old School Pepsi Found another couple of cases of Pepsi Throwback at Target recently. I pulled the empty box from the recycle bin to show the kids what (terrible) Pop Art looks like. Add a little iPhone app fun and you get the following lame attempt at crossing lo-brow pop art with lo-mob photography filters. Warning: May induce vomiting and Mondrian-like hallucinations. Forgive... Read More

Back Bench Food Products 2

Note: This is the second in a series of reviews covering Back Bench Food Products. If you have not done so, go back and read the first. Back to Big Lots! Since the “Summer of Recovery” is more sizzle than steak, it is time to head back to Big Lots! where seriously cheap (but usually interesting) food can be had. Canned Mackerel Gelatinous Fish PartsWhy on Earth would... Read More

(Design) Lovers Mugs

We are lovers of coffee and lovers of good design. Go find your favorite color. Pantone Coffee Mugs  Read More

EBS MultiComp

EBS MultiComp and EBS Bass IQ Note: This is the first of two reviews covering EBS Bass Pedals. My Path To Righteous Compression The first effects pedal I ever purchased was an Ibanez SoundTank CP5 Compressor. I was in a somewhat serious band and was told by the other members that a compressor pedal was not optional on bass. They were right about the need for compression. I was wrong... Read More

Fulltone Bass Drive MOSFET

The Fulltone Bass Drive MOSFET is probably one of the finest pedals for bass anywhere in terms of construction. All too often, stomp pedals are described as “built like a tank,” but never have I seen this more true than in Fulltone’s cases and switches. What makes Fulltone pedals so durable? For one, they make what is arguably the best switches of any pedal manufacturer.... Read More

Étude des Icônes

At the very last minute, with very little effort, I managed to procrastinate myself right into trying to collect examples of icons currently in use in Europe (specifically, in the city of Paris and CDG and FRA airports). My collected images total more than you see here but they were quite embarrassingly out of focus. I was trying to shoot photos on a moving subway. The locals had... Read More

Hack Day 2010

First, I’ll explain the concept of Hack Day for the uninitiated. But I’m far too lazy to do that when I can just cut and paste what is already online at my favorite site to learn stuff, Wikipedia: … the term became a more generally accepted description of an event where developers, designers and people with ideas gather to build ‘cool stuff’ … The... Read More

Back Bench Food Products

Economy got you down? This recession depression can’t last forever but in the meantime, head on over to Big Lots! for some cheap and um, interesting foodstuffs. If beef jerky is taking up too much of your monthly budget, why not give ham jerky a try? And don’t get worked up if the pork isn’t cooked thoroughly. It couldn’t be any more dangerous than peanut... Read More