I’m still working on that Coffee PDF. (Yes, I am actually making some progress, but layout and editing is hard work, not to mention the sections that need to be written still.) I asked Tonx if he had any pictures of roasted beans that I could use to illustrate the different shades of roasts and [...]

Not to distract you since we’ve just stepped into Fatherhood week, but next week our theme will be “Basic Electronics” (or something like that), guest hosted by Aaron Dunlap of the Electroids Co. In the first of what I hope will be many interactive theme weeks to come, Aaron will be walking us all through [...]

It’s nearly impossible to think about children of your own without thinking of your father. My father and mother divorced when I was young. I’ve always idealized him to some extent; he played guitar in a band when I was young and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. He later moved [...]

My friend Marty a classic Italian from New York City and a Vietnam veteran. The first stuff you notice about him is his shock white hair, his piercing blue eyes, and his barrel chest. The next thing you notice is when he speaks, not one piece of it is bullshit. He’s one of [...]

I realized it’s been weeks since I posted up a picture of a lion, even though it says that’s part of our bailiwick right there in the second-column description. The Denver Zoo’s “Predator Ridge” comes to the rescue, with this show showing the an adult male showing a young cub how to craft a toothpick, [...]

Since our ancestors first developed into separate sexes, fatherhood has been the driving force of our existence. Until man awoke to sentience, we had no purpose for existing besides making tiny copies of ourselves. Arguably, procreation is the only thing mankind hasn’t managed to screw up. When our cities are folded back into the earth, [...]

The fewer gadgets hauled on a trip the better, we say, but some gear is worth the weight. We’ve picked our top ten most essential bits of hardware—with a couple of not-so-essential items thrown in for good measure.
• BGAN Nera Worldpro - It’s been ages since I’ve lusted so irrationally after a bit of hardware—especially [...]