Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast

[Melizmatic]

ETA:

Cool.

Actually hearing Rob’s voice after all this time spent reading his posts was an odd experience; I’m not sure what I expected.

Also:

[anon61221983]

[anon59592690]

[Melizmatic]

[dorgar]

I beleive he is refferring to the way the txt.fyi logo is encoded base64 inline in the txt.fyi page source.

[anon27554371]

@RandomDude

I am going to look into that vertical mouse.

We use Evoluents in our office. The ones with actual cords.

Evoluent Ergonomic Mice and Keyboards

Pros: neutral “handshake” wrist position. Lotsa buttons.

Cons: Left- and right-hand models not interchangeable, so if you are interested in splitting the work your hands do, you may have to buy two mice. I have a generic mouse from Dell with my work machine at one of my jobs that easily works with either hand, but is not great for lots of mousework (e.g., touching up artifacts on a raw image file).

[jerwin]

been listening to MIA, have you?

[futnuh]

Never seen that before: Jesus Christ, what a tough watch …

[TobinL]

Is it just me that is sad @beschizza didn’t manage to get a Rickroll into the interview?

[HixonDill]

For what it’s worth, I got Rick-Rolled due to this interview. In the about section, try the ‘live’ link on the second line

https://txt.fyi/about/

[beschizza]

@RandomDude

This is the first time I have ever heard Rob speak, he has a deep British voice which is the opposite of what I expected

WE ARE ZOGG

We Are Zogg

[anon59592690]

We should just permalink this instead of “Welcome to BoingBoing”…

[beschizza]

I never did get around to posting the illuminati ring light I made.

[anon3072533]

Roll over, Rickrolling, it’s Zoggrolling now!

[Melizmatic]

*lolz

Whatcha gonna do with that, Rob?

[anon67050589]

Needs more dank carpeting.

[jerwin]

Ernest Hemingway's New Typewriter

[Grey_Devil]

Keep his razors sharp of course

[Headache]

The saw showed up and I’ve tested it out on a bunch of different wood. It’s super sharp and does cut through wood quickly.

However, I have the same problem with the pull saw as I do with push saws - getting started cleanly is difficult. If you’re doing a crosscut it’s hard to get started without splintering that first corner.

I’m thinking of looking for something with a higher TPI and maybe a reinforced spine.

[d_r]

There are some excellent videos out there on using the saw; if you’ve watched them before, now that you’ve had some hands-on experience look again with special attention to how they start. I’m not an expert with the ryoba, but have found that (for any saw), scoring the wood with a utility knife can help keep the cut clean.