Design Thinking About Snooze
Many mornings, I wake up when my alarm goes off. I get out of bed, and I begin my day. Many other mornings, I don’t….
Caterpillar Caboose
It is usually unwise to cross the path of a train at the same time as a train is crossing. In certain cases, however, such…
5 Easy Steps to Make a Bottle Holder From a Single Piece of String
This brief tutorial is based on my recent wanderings around the hills of Northern Italy. It was dusk as I began my several hour walk…
A building that says “Look at me!”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChxwG-vNKbg] If you’ve walked past this building in down town Milan, Italy, you will certainly remember it! Disco time? Seizure-inducing? Why exactly it needs…
Hey pal, why the tiny gauge?
At CostCo there are massive room-sized freezers where the cold foods are stored. With all that wall space, you might think that a larger temperature…
Wine-ding Ride
On the steep terraced slopes of Northern Italy’s wine country, you can find many of these long, winding, rack and pinion tracks running up the…