Second time’s the charm

Amanda and I made a return visit to Canlis this evening to celebrate her birthday and recent promotion — having had a superlative experience the first time, we wanted to see what it would be like as a regular, dine-with-everyone-else guest. It was every bit as good — fantastic service, a skillful sommelier, and the [...]

Tracey at her best

Tracey Thorn’s new album is out (and available on iTunes), and it’s great — well worth a listen.

Black-and-white blossom

Idea: vibrating speed alert

It’s fairly common to be on the highway and trying to stay just under a given speed. Some cars have a presettable alert that will warn you audibly when you go over the speed — but that runs the risk of being annoying, particularly for the passengers. What if that feedback was delivered through a [...]

I love it when a plan comes together…

Hard at work planning something new to build. I’m trying out Mouser’s “project manager” feature, where you can build up a BOM and add descriptions as you go. Their search works awfully well, too… Time to pull out The Art of Electronics and brush up on MOSFETs…