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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Friday Wisdom – Admit you don’t Know

Posted on 03/04/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

“I don’t have a solution, but I admire the problem.” We engineers are often called on to solve a problem.  Here’s a little secret: many times we don’t have one.  I’ve used the above line from time to time with … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Woodworking – This is a Test

Posted on 03/02/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

I did it, made a picture frame that worked. I decided to just do this as a test and grabbed some scrap wood and started cutting.  It didn’t take too long and here it is, my test picture frame: It’s … Continue reading →

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How to Help a Cancer Victim

Posted on 02/28/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

How to Help a Cancer Victim First understand: we’re confused, we’re angry, we’re stunned, we’re overwhelmed, we don’t know what we need. Know you can’t fix it. Know we’ve heard a lot to be frightened of. Know we’re fragile. We … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Success

Posted on 02/26/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

“If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.” Not sure where I first heard this one, but I like it and often use it at work. In the tech world things rarely go right the first time … Continue reading →

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