Digital Painting Techniques focuses on essential basics like creating custom brushes, speed painting, creating environments, ...

I wrote this short memo last November, 2024, at the invitation of Wired Mid-East for their year-end issue. I think it still holds up nine months later, and represents where we are on this astounding ...

You have a choice of channels. If you still have a CD player, there are plenty of CD audio books around. There are cassette ...

Cross locking. When you cross lock your bike, you use two different lock systems at once – such as a U lock and a cable.

Today, AI tools lower the energetic costs of creating something. They make it easier to start and easier to finish. AIs can ...

Get Born Standing Up. Steve Martin recounts his 18-year journey from an amateur magician to a comedy superstar. It’s filled ...

The common career advice to “follow your passion” often leads to anxiety, job-hopping, and chronic dissatisfaction. Cal ...

In response to Issue #200’s tips on garbage cans and storing supplies as close to the tool as possible, reader Owen Sinclair ...

Good news/bad news on the ETIAS EU visa that you’re not supposed to call a visa. This “permission to visit” with fingerprints and facial recognition has been pushed back to Q3 2026. The bad news is, ...

The Digital Nomad Golden Age is Now. I got so annoyed by an article from two travelers wanting to lock the door behind them that I wrote a 3,000-word blog post in one sitting as a ...

Rental car toll hack Rental car companies love to shake you down with their toll programs—- either pay an absurd daily fee (like $25/day!) for their toll service or risk getting slammed with massive ...

My Jeep is camouflaged to look like a commercial fleet vehicle. I made up a fake company name, appropriated a 1950s-era logo that once belonged to a nuclear energy mutual fund, painted safety stripes ...