Reconciling a construction proposal that grew three times
We needed a retaining wall built. It started with a budgetary number, the kind you get early to find out whether a project is a project at all. By the time a formal contract arrive…
Blog
Thoughts, notes, and documentation
The low point, not the total: what my expenses spreadsheet kept getting wrong
Every month for years I opened the same spreadsheet to answer one question: how much stock do I have to sell to cover the bills? Sell around the 27th, wait for settlement, pay the …
A Garmin GNS 430 you can fly in a browser tab
The Garmin GNS 430 is a small grey box that sits in the panel of a great many light aircraft: GPS, navigation radio and comm radio in one unit, with a 240×128 pixel screen and a st…
How an eCVT shifts an e-bike without any gears
.ecvt-post .ecvt-eq{margin:1.5rem 0;padding:1.1rem 1.25rem;border:1px solid var(--border-light,#e5e5e5);border-left:3px solid var(--accent-link,#1668d6);border-radius:8px;backgro…