Board Meeting

My guess is that the current topic of discussion is the Iron market.

Grin and Bear It - The "New" Antiques

There's a new kind of antique store cropping up everywhere. It's not just antiques, and it's not really crafts, but it does have quite a bit of the more unusual items that don't show up in often in your "traditional" antique store. 

Upcycled USB Hub

Every once in a while I have an idea to merge two [useless] items together. This one is a USB hub (pulled from its broken case) added to some used cypress posts (cut down to fit). The result is a big and bulky, but still useful, USB hub. The LED glow from the center is pretty neat, but I'll leave it up to the reader as to if they find it inspiring for a piece of wooden technology, or if it just looks like junk.

Vintage Type Tray

Close up view of a vintage wooden type tray. Perfect for holding all sorts of little things (including dust).

Double Ad Fail

I think Google missed the target audience and language here. Do Monster Truck Jam fans really shop at Neiman Marcus? Is the Grave Digger fan's cosmetic of choice L'Oreal? Are there more Spanish speaking Grave Digger fans than any other language?

Someone needs to give the engineer who wrote the ad algorithm here a ride in a monster truck and scare some logic and sense into them.

"Swinging" Vintage Advertisement

A great vintage ad from the early 1970s. It was certainly a swinging era! I think I'll go read some Travis McGee books again...


From:
The Palm Beach Post
July 22, 1971
Page 2, Section D

Instant Seduction

That's funny, I've never had much luck with the "Hey Baby, I've got cheese and eggs" line...

Rain Drops

A view through the sun roof to the sun and clouds after a good rain.

Vintage Bookshelf Drawing

I won't lay claim to have drawn this. It's actually from a vintage woodworking book. But the design still inspires me.

Maybe one day I'll actually try and build one.

Wave to all the nice people

Who knows where this AA flight is coming from? It's arriving in DFW shortly. In the meantime, a nice friendly Texas wave is in order, even if they can't see me...