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Mini MicroAmp Build

With each new ped­al build, I try to focus on some aspect that makes it a new chal­lenge or some­thing new to learn. My first ped­al build ever (about 18 months ago) was a boost ped­al. I decid­ed I’d build anoth­er boost: this one using the MXR MicroAmp cir­cuit. I used the Gen­er­al Gui­tar Gad­gets… Con­tin­ue read­ing Mini MicroAmp Build

We Escaped!

Our nephew, Kei­th, invit­ed us to one of the The Escape Game adven­tures. These are real­ly pop­u­lar and I can see why. Any­one who was a fan of point-and-click puz­zle com­put­er games (like me) would love get­ting to be inside the game and that’s exact­ly what this feels like. My old­er broth­er, Stephen, and Kei­th’s… Con­tin­ue read­ing We Escaped!

I Tried Hot Chicken

No, not that I tried eat­ing hot chick­en. Hav­ing lived near Nashville for over a decade, of course we’ve eat­en hot chick­en. Though, I don’t ever order the crazy hot stuff. I stick to mild and actu­al­ly enjoy eat­ing it. No, I mean I tried mak­ing my own hot chick­en here at home for fam­i­ly din­ner.… Con­tin­ue read­ing I Tried Hot Chicken

Tremolo Pedal Build

Christ­mas in 2018 was a lot of fun and my fam­i­ly got me a lot of won­der­ful things. Among them, my broth­er, Dave, got me a gui­tar ped­al effects kit. This was a tremo­lo ped­al, which is def­i­nite­ly some­thing I would­n’t have got­ten myself. If you don’t know, a tremo­lo ped­al mod­u­lates the ampli­tude of… Con­tin­ue read­ing Tremo­lo Ped­al Build

Bob Clagett Answers My Question

One of my favorite YouTube chan­nels is “I Like to Make Stuff” from Bog Clagett. He has a wide vari­ety of projects, from home improve­ment to pro­gram­ming arduinos to mak­ing life-size toy props. And he seems like a gen­uine­ly inquis­i­tive and nice guy while doing it, admit­ting to mis­takes along the way as he learns.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Bob Clagett Answers My Question

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Woodworking

When I was a kid, my younger broth­er, Dave, and I would rou­tine­ly watch Norm Abram build hous­es and projects on This Old House and The New Yan­kee Work­shop. Our dad prob­a­bly was­n’t (isn’t) the hand­i­est guy with wood­work­ing tools, but he could cer­tain­ly build some small projects. But wood­work­ing was­n’t a big hob­by around… Con­tin­ue read­ing Wood­work­ing

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Korean-American Day

My moth­­er-in-law is a Kore­an-Amer­i­­can in the sense that she immi­grat­ed to this coun­try from S. Korea as an adult. She’s a nat­u­ral­ized cit­i­zen and has now lived in the US longer than she lived in Korea (by a over a decade). My wife is a Kore­an-Amer­i­­can in the sense that, as you just read,… Con­tin­ue read­ing Kore­an-Amer­i­can Day

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