Evan Monsma’s custom wood camera grip video. I love build videos in general, and Evan’s videos are always a good mix of calming and engaging. Plus they’re all budget-friendly, and mostly beginner-friendly, so I always leave feeling like I could recreate my own version at home. I went and bought this exact vintage film camera right after I watched it! And speaking of woodworking, I also enjoyed this interview with a woodworking star.

Music: “Bloodsucker” by cutouts, “Hate Street Dialogue (feat. Rodriguez)” by The Avener, “Elevator Hum” by Declan McKenna, “He’s Getting Away!” by Ethan Tasch, “Bloom” by Maribou State, “Number 9 (feat. Lil Yachty)” by Miguel, “Pressure” by RUFUS DU SOL, Bakar’s cover of “A Girl Like You” by Edwyn Collins, Glass Animals’ cover of “End of Beginning” by Djo, Laufey’s cover of “Savior Complex” by Phoebe Bridgers, Jungle’s cover of “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, and “Halloween” by Phoebe Bridgers (‘tis the season).

Comics by Luana Saldanha (a.k.a. Lixo Electronico), mainly this one.

Ray Bradbury on the importance of capturing an idea right when you think of it (via Tom White’s substack). He says, “I don’t put off to tomorrow doing what what I must do, right now, to find out what my secret self needs, wants, desires with all its heart. And then it speaks, and I have enough brains to get out of the way and listen.”

A tour of Grant Imahara’s shop by his fellow Mythbusters castmember, Adam Savage. Grant died of an aneurysm back in 2020, and his shop remains untouched. The Mythbusters were a big part of my childhood and one of main reasons I love building things. His friends and family created the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation to make science, tech, engineering, and art education more accessible.

Charlie Tango Foxtrot, a design company by Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. Look at that tape dispenser!

Bop Spotter, a project by Riley Walz, who left a phone (powered by a solar panel) in a box somewhere on Mission Street in San Francisco - and all it does is Shazaam songs it hears, 24/7. As someone who’s obsessed with Shazaam this was exactly my niche.

Pining after this remote controlled 1/10 scale model of a Japanese Suzuki truck.

I’m very much into fidget toys as a way to stop biting my nails, and Nee Dough is a great one! It’s like squishy rubber playdough, but SUPER durable. I also like this metal deck of cards thingy, but it’s a bit loud to use around people/in meetings, whereas nee dough is pretty much silent.

A great article: “How one engineer beat restrictions on home computers in socialist Yugoslavia”.