Ben's Journal

We have a good friend's 8 year old visiting us, and before his arrival I checked out Sneaky Art: Crafty Surprises to Hide in Plain Sigh...

Did you know that you're only 14 craft sticks and a handful of rubber bands away from having a functioning catapult? It's true! Th...

The last couple weeks have been crazy, so here's a twofer: last week's Weekly Discoveries and the week's before. Enjoy! App...

While it was fun firing up my Dad's TRS-80 Model 100 and writing a bit of code for it, I was left with a choice: leave this as a fun l...

A few weeks back, at around 2am, I was done programming but too wired (if you'll pardon the pun) to fall asleep. So I did what I often ...

Any list of Greatest Computing Devices of All Time needs, in my opinion, to feature the TRS 80 Model 100 near the top. My Dad had one of...

A couple of weeks back I heaped major praise on WatchMaker for being a sweet development tool for Android Wear watches. My first attempt ...

Zebra Corner's take on popular commercials, like Chevy's Millennials is just too perfect. I found the video randomly and it could ...

After having successfully survived eating year old home-made hardtack , I was psyched to see that Jas. Towsend and Son had a new series fo...

A few weeks back I re-discovered a few mix tapes that Shira had made for me back when we were dating. While mix tapes were definitely a th...

This weekend we had the chance to log some delightful miles on the Potomac Heritage Trail with friends. Check out the amazing Giant Leopar...

The Habit I've added another piece of my offline, index card based TODO list tracking system. On Sunday evening, I bust out a fresh...

A Little Kvetching, A Little Inspiration My ZenWatch 3 came with an impressive number of watch faces pre-installed. And many of them look...

Nearly a year ago I cooked up a batch of Ships Biscuit or, as landlubbers and Civil War soldiers would have called it: hardtack . In many...

I have a number of clients who host sites on WP Engine , and I've become a fan of the service. What you give up in flexibility that a v...

Norah Jones's version of Black Hole Sun is definitive proof that her voice can turn any piece of music into something sultry and poeti...

Snow Patrol's Called Out In The Dark is a great example of a song that works far better for me because of the video. Had I just heard ...

Despite how positively goofy it no doubt makes me look, I've definitely been a fan of regularly carrying a bag full of extra goodies. (...

One of, if not my favorite, plugin for WordPress is WP All Import . Specifically, I love that it's able to slurp a Google Spreadsheet ...