As I mentioned [stderr] my first attempt at feather damascus was a bust, and left me with a half-split half-welded block of many-layered metal. Some gears in my subconscious clicked and I realized there was some symbolism there in the metal.
Macarons (which are different from Macaroons) are these ridiculously expensive little meringue and almond flour cookies. There’s a secret, which is that the are ridiculously easy to make.
Mind-boggling surrealism is the order of the day.
Heaven is everlasting and earth is enduring.
Alec Steele is a young British blacksmith who does charming videos about his adventures with making stuff. He and Ford Hallam are single-handedly changing my attitude toward youtube; it’s not entirely a cess-pit: it’s what we take from it.
I wasn’t sure how to approach [stderr]. Serious, or silly? Here’s the silly version:
[Warning: Bees] [Is Apiphobia a thing? I’m going to assume it is]
This is via Atlas Obscura, which is a must-read if you’re a nexus of weirdness. [atl]
There’s one part of my property that’s basically a bog. Things grow really well there, because there are a half-dozen springs that ooze water even in dry summers. So far, anyway; I’m sure eventually the frackers will drain the water-table.
If this was really made in America, that means that someone was employed making it.
I met Matt Melis at a USENIX around 2005; he did a talk on system reliability engineering that started with “my job is to shoot supersonic bullets at diamonds.”