He was at it again last night. That scumbag. That jackass. That domestic terrorist. I’m speaking, of course about the lead footed bastard of yore.
This time he was talking, very loudly, after 1:30 AM, dropping things on the hardwood floors above our bedroom, scuffing his chair, moving stuff. I bet he was drunk. It [...]

Since man first stacked mastodon bones to one side of a cave to create the first neolithic wine rack, he has been entranced by the power of cleaning and organizing. It is man’s nature to destroy, pulled to chaos like underwear to carpet, but also our nature to bring order with iron and fire.
Spring has [...]

As I sit here in my blue robe tied off with a red scarf, evoking as it does the timeless look of basement roleplayers, I can think of no better person to lead you on a journey into the realm of fashion. Spring is on us, the most delicate season, when colors unfold from the [...]

We’re currently apartment shopping, looking to buy because renting is like throwing money out the window. Recently, we were shown a place over in Sunnyside, Queens. Nice enough joint, and we asked what was included in the maintenance; the realtor listed the amenities and then mentioned that in a place such as this, the electric [...]

As a bit of an electricity week treat, and perhaps as some motivation for the DIY-interested to finally get started with electronics-building, I’m announcing an iPod Shuffle giveaway for The Electroids Co.
It works like this: any order placed at The Electroids Co. until 11:59PM Eastern on Friday, March 9th that has the word “dethroner” in [...]

My experience with electricity is limited to occasionally changing a light bulb, a blown fuse or flipping the switch on the circuit breaker. I’ll be honest—electricity intimidates me. The potential for getting the shit zapped out of me freaks me out. When I was a little kid some schmuck convinced me to stick a wire [...]

My grandfather accomplished several things in life I have yet to do: own a business; write a book; bang my grandma. He could also design and build electronics, learning the basics in the Army during WWII, then in his “A-1 Television Repair” shop, and finally in his mail-order “TRS-80 Lemonade Loader” business that he ran [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

A quick salute to those who make Dethroner whirr and click. Our web host, POE Hosting, and especially our main contact Patrick, defines “above and beyond.” I hesitate to recommend POE simply because I worry that the more people that join the less able I’ll be to go crying to Patrick in the middle of [...]

Man has always traveled. From the savannahs of Africa to the wilds of Sheboygan, we have throw a freshly-cured skin into our rucksack and set off after adventure. It’s a proud tradition, but one that is increasingly less about expanding opportunity and more about getting face time with the new CTO. (In any case, pack [...]

I swear to god that the guy in unit C-4, whose apartment dimensions are exactly the same as mine, is a candy ass. He doesn’t have the balls to commit suicide, so he’s out to enrage me to the point where I kill him. He stomps around like his shoes weigh eighty pounds apiece, during [...]