Darren Wiens

A few weeks ago, the clerk had no idea they sell rope.

New low at the hardware store, I had to describe what a tarp is to the worker.

Impaired driving charges dropped against former Halifax Mooseheads star | CBC News Charges against the Halifax Mooseheads' career points leader were dropped Friday after the Crown offered no evidence at trial.

Uhhhh how is: a.) the officer not testifying, and b.) the case dependent on the officer testifying? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two fireflies doing it

Freaky fireflies

Chili on a tortilla

For some reason all my weird lunches are chili based. Today, cold chili burrito.

A hand holding two shiny gold-colored nuggets

Now I’ve got two gold nuggets

That’s exactly what someone without a gold nugget would say

Jelly

YouTube video by Tim Palmer - Logs to lumber Splicing a board to lengthen it.

I learned from these videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gPj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1U...

Cut boards with adhesive applied to the inside surfaces.

The finished splice glued and nailed together.

Apply liquid nail adhesive to the pieces to be joined and nail on both sides to finish.

Two boards overlapping, the top board has been cut along the triangle and waster wood removed. The bottom board has been partially cut along the triangle during the first cut.

The bottom board has been cut through with the triangle removed.

Cut through both boards with a circular saw. If you can't cut through both boards at the same time, detach the boards after the first board is cut through and carefully follow along the started cut on the bottom board to finish.

Overlapping boards with an 18" long triangle drawn/cut on the top board (the bottom board is also cut).

Overlap two boards by at least 3x the width of the pieces to be spliced. In my case, 2x6s, so the overlap is >18" (3*6). Temporary screw the boards together. Draw a triangle centered on the end of the boards, 18" long.

two 2x6 boards spliced together

I made a 20' 2x6 out of a 16' + 8' 2x6 and here's how:

a man in a plaid sweater is drinking from a cup Alt: a man (buster bluth) in a plaid sweater is drinking from a juice box

Me having a soda pop after several years

A hand holding a shiny metal rock. Is it gold?

Had some gravel delivered and found a definitely gold nugget (probably not). Would be a baller advertising strategy to add random gold nuggets to deliveries though.

The black flies are sneaky though, I’ll give them that

I moved from BC to NS this year and I’ve gotta say the mosquitoes here are dumb:

NS: mosquito lands, instant pinch, swat

BC: look down unawares at your arm to see a mosquito dab its proboscis with a napkin and fly away with two pints of blood

People need to post their failed fishing attempts on the FB groups for some balance

It’s after peanut, before cashew. While the taste isn’t good, it’s something at least.

In descending order: Pecan, walnut, almond, hazelnut, peanut.

Even if so, there are at least five better nuts!

Cashews - what’s the point?

Two ladybugs doin’ it way up atop an in construction wall

Ladybugs winning #MatchMyFreak on top of my in construction shed wall

When making rafter birdsmouth cuts, the old adage changes to: "attempt to work out the geometry by hand once, measure once, see if it could work once, redo math once, try again once, cut once, learn how to use speed square on yt once, measure twice, cut once, then trace and cut ten more times"

If you ever want to know how often you use your non-dominant middle finger, hit it real hard with a hammer. #protip

6. The right tool pays for itself.
7. What you save on cheap materials, you’ll spend in labor.
8. The cleanup is part of the job.
9. Never fight gravity or weather.
10. Start straight so you can finish strong.

Here are the top 10 self-explanatory things I learned about making B2B software while building a shed:

1. Measure twice, cut once.
2. Level and square are everything.
3. Don’t fight the material.
4. Plan from the top down, build from the bottom up.
5. Keep your tools sharp and your mind sharper.

👏 I never knew I wanted know asteroids in units of housecat volume

I would settle for "simulate a potato shape based on parameters"

First, I enjoy the app. Second, is it possible to estimate an asteroid's volume given the diameters, because I would like to know how many swimming pools? Third, oh my, the NASA api is so bloated with derivative measurements (one set would do).