Hobbaswaggle

You will never understand the appeal of homeschooling until you have a kid [that you care about]

Why does the variety pack always have the least of the best kind

Nothing makes me want to bash my stupid brains out of my skull more than hiccups. Get a fucking grip, body. 🙄

The irony of people adopting the patterns of nature (camouflage) to undermine the efforts of people who want to preserve the natural environment is…a dark joke? Idk, good one universe?

The inverse of ‘fur babies’ doesn’t work as well. ie: people don’t like me calling the kid ‘our flesh pet’

Mission accomplished! 4 custom frames for these gorgeous #firefly prints. Pine with splined corners, india ink stain, spray lacquer finish, plexi glazing. Huge thanks to @almfab.bsky.social for his how-to video on this process!

Finally getting to assemble the picture frames!

1st coat of india ink on the frames, I’m thinking 2 coats will get the desired effect

I don’t wanna get into rock climbing but I do want to start a collection of rock climbing hand holds.

Had a parental milestone today: stepped on an errant hotwheel and threw my back out

Freshley printed ABS wheels went in the dishwasher and held up perfectly for their first run, did a sanitize and extra dry cycle since that seems like the most heat they’ll see? Still can’t believe how bad the original design is on such an expensive appliance

Hahaha nope! I think contact with the side of the washer added enough heat to deform the petg wheels. Got some abs on order for another set

I did a test run of a single wheel and it held up over 10 wash cycles, but I am curious how they’ll hold up after more. I’ll post updates at regular intervals

3D printed some wheels to fix a critical flaw in our Bosch dishwasher. Side rails would flex out and bottom tray would fall down, keeping the bottom sprayer from rotating and washing. Widened wheels/mounts by 50% in blender, printed in petg on bambulab ps1, quality of life up by 300% minimum!

Finally got all 4 frames properly rabbeted and mitered! Here they are fresh off my new spline jig 😊

Started playing Blue Prince and am really enjoying the artstyle and pacing, plus any game that tells you to keep a journal gets me excited. Bonus that my 2yr old can watch me play and we can work on her learning ‘left’ and ‘right’

Best part of having a 3d printer is being able to make stuff you can’t buy, like this little bit holder for yellow drills

So stoked for Promise Mascot Agency !!

Ok…maybe more like 5th time’s the charm, but this time I actually got 4 frames all glued up at once 😅 (one on the floor) next: spline jig!

Milled em wrong the first time, cut the miters wrong the second time, third time’s the charm! Of course I ran outta wood but 3/4 of the frames are in glue-up 😅

Fresh blade and a freshly-printed zero clearance insert on the miter saw for my picture frame project!

I cut rabbets for the first time on my tablesaw today! Making frames for some odd-sized prints we’ve had un-framed for years.

Played the Promise Mascot Agency demo last night and had super fun/weird dreams all night. I cannot wait for this game!

My vintage Vostock arrived from Ukraine! Got a fresh band and it’s ready to go. It’s not waterproof, the bezel timer is so loose I don’t trust it, and if I don’t wind it daily it stops running, but goddamn if it isn’t a charming little mechanical joy.

Built a little sprinkler valve hide out of leftover fence boards and 2x4’s and painted with leftover paint from my side gate project! Cut the 2x4’s into 1x1’s for a frame, fenceboards to length, glued/nailed it all. Handholes with forsner bit and multi-tool.

The Kindle DRM Deadline is Approaching! On the 26th, Amazon is disabling a feature that makes backing up your Kindle eBooks easy. You have a couple of days to download them before it’s too late

Amazon's changing the way the Kindle works on Tuesday, so if you want to download and de-DRM your books, you have until the 26th to get it done. I wrote a quick how-to, for anyone who is interested: next.content.town/p/kindle-drm...

First time seeing it and it was a great watch. Dude’s face coming up the stairs will haunt my nightmares for a while.

Finally, Avowed gives us the “Ocean’s Bounty” face/hairstyle options gamers crave.

Repainted our curb numbers today and it feels like the most suburban dad thing ever to be proud to have the crispiest set on the street.

Lovin my new print and stickers from @vreni.bsky.social
Thank you!