Weinberg’s Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
More insight next week,
Andrew
I had a day in the shop this weekend. The drawer in the table saw stand worked so well that I put a second one in. Then I added a door to keep the sawdust out. It’s not a precision job as the original stand was a bit of a slap together job, but it works.
Here’s the drawers:
Two drawers for the price of one.
And a nice door:
Nobody wants to be a square.
All the parts on this stand are recycled from things I’ve torn apart.
If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew
It’s been a busy week and today I went to the opera (yes, opera) so no writing tonight. Instead here are some pictures of the flooding near my office. This is the Los Gatos Creek Trail that I often get to walk at lunch time. Normally this is a lazy creek about nine feet wide and maybe three to five feet deep. Here’s what it looked like last week:
I took the detour. You’ll see why in the next picture.
The trail is wide to accommodate both walkers and bicycles. This part of the trail is prone to flooding in winter – the signs aren’t lying.
Here’s a picture of the trail and creek from a high spot on the detour (I’m about ten feet above the water here):
The trail is in foreground – up to the chain link fence. I’d guess it’s under five feet of water here.
At this stage the creek river is about 50 feet wide and I’d guess a good 20 feet deep in the middle. Given that there’s more rain due tomorrow, I won’t be walking this part of the trail until maybe April or May.
Till next week – stay dry,
Andrew
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
More questions next week,
Andrew
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