This site’s tagline has been “libraries, music, tech” right from the beginning. This was because I’d envisioned these being the main topics in roughly that order. However, tech has always been the most frequently posted category. This is because many library posts are tech related but not vice versa. Additionally, recently there has been a [...]
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Three years ago, I decided I wanted a vintage mechanical wristwatch so I bought this Swiss manual winder from the early 50s on ebay: That watch worked fine until it took an unintended dip in Mazinaw Lake last September. After a couple of subsequent service attempts, I was in the market for another watch. The first [...] Time to admit that I have a largely unfulfilled knife fetish going back to when I was a child. When I was 12 or 13, I bought several knives (and coveted many more). The one thing all these knives had in common: they were not in any sense good quality knives. They were nice looking [...] You probably thought this was a blog about “libraries, music, tech”. However, looking at the Google Analytics stats since January, after the home page the most viewed page by far is the post on sweet potato fries. It looks like my speculation to Scott that the old mill did not have an interesting backstory was incorrect. Apparently, it is haunted! A co-worker who lives near the mill mentioned that there was a website with details of this activity. But first some historical info. The mill was built in 1867 and produced “yarn [...] |
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