De-mucking a small pond, 2021 edition
I have a small pond to demuck, 30 by 90 feet, and it's deep enough that I think it could be a great little swimming hole. It has an inflow of fresh water and a nice outflow of overflow, but it's filled...
View ArticleWhat was this called and is there a digital version?
Pre-everything internet™, there were these layered card stock things where you'd have different information and windows on the top layer and you'd slide another piece of paper on text through it...
View ArticleWhere the hell is this amazing article?
Like ten years ago, there was a long essay about Mexican politics, the war on drugs, and the CIA. It was written by a veteran U.S. journalist, but as I recall, it was published posthumously (maybe even...
View ArticleLooking for a passage about Ukraine and America's choice
I think it was a screengrab from the New Yorker, written about eight years ago, and it essentially said the West has a choice: build up Ukraine with NATO and everyone loses OR demilitarize Ukraine and...
View ArticleIs there a simple way to make drag and drop elements online?
I make weird online projects despite not being great at coding. I have an idea for something where you have two images (A and B) on a site, and the user can "drag" one of the images (A) with their...
View ArticleA Short Story Set In A Single non-descript room
I have a classroom of students, learning video production, in a nondescript black box studio (we have lights, cameras, sound equipment, and black curtains; we can film B-roll outside, maybe even a...
View ArticleDIY Streaming Radio 2024
Let's say I want to make website with a streaming audio. The audience can go to the page and listen in like they were listening to a radio station (every listener would hear the same audio at the same...
View ArticleBooks and Resources for the recently widowed
My older and recently widowed neighbor is progressive, sharp, and tough, but is feeling a bit displaced in the world after her longtime partner passed away suddenly this winter. Not averse to...
View ArticleApartment clean out in Cambridge, MA but from afar
Someone I care about needs a small apartment cleaned out in Cambridge, MA after a death in the family. But they are not in Cambridge. Besides a couch and two stools, everything can either be discarded...
View ArticleWindow sized Programmable led sign
I want to place a large (window-sized) led sign near a high traffic area. I want it to be programmable with large amounts of text or cycling specific short messages and images. How? I see a lot of...
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