As far as Rat Pack movies go, Robin and the Seven Hoods is, well, as good of a Rat Pack movie as you have a right to expect.  At one point ...

Growing up, I had a copy of Dana's Two Years Before the Mast sitting on my bookshelf.  I never was really interested in it.  To my unde...

I've heard that miners used to carry canaries with them into the mines to ascertain whether the air was safe to breathe.  If the canary...

Recently, I was walking down the street, carrying a 16ft long mahogany board, and I thought to myself,  wouldn't it be interesting to st...

I was talking with a colleague the other day about boats and boat building.  I mentioned that I was building a 15' sailboat.  Being a ki...

The PocketShip manual is insufferably optimistic.  It's invariably happy.  Upbeat.  This is in many ways a good thing.  It imbues the re...