Building a Touchscreen RFID Reader
We’ve all been there: staring at a breadboard buried under a rat’s nest of jumper wires, trying to figure out…
Guys Weekend 2026 Part 1 – Group Ride Options
Option 1 Sleck Cottage to Tomahawk up through the National Forest to Smith Rapids Covered Bridge and back to the…
Transparency, Accountability, and the Trail Ahead: My Thoughts on the Proposed Snowmobile Fee Increases
As many of you in the community know, there has been significant debate regarding the proposed bill to increase snowmobile…
Guys Weekend 2026: An Unfortunate, Yet Mandatory, Gathering
Alright, listen up, you degenerate pack of wolves. It’s that time again. Time for the event you’ve all been dreading…
The Christmas Morning Wake-up
Most people wake up on December 25th to the sound of tearing wrapping paper or the smell of coffee. I…
The Longest Drive
They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but on the night of December 25th, that…
In Loving Memory of Raymond Sleck
Today we honor a man who lived ninety years—a span of time that saw the world change in ways we…
The Fractured Farewell: When Family Conflict Shadows Final Days
They say that nothing reveals the true character of a family quite like death. Over the years, I have seen…
Bridging the Gap: Setting Up Site-to-Site Networking with Tailscale and pfSense
I was first introduced to Tailscale by a friend, and I was immediately struck by how elegantly it handles mesh…
Soft Latching Power Switch
What is a Soft Latching Power Switch? A soft latching power switch is an electronic circuit which allows a power…
Google Maps API with PHP and MySQL
Posting data from an SQL server to a webpage using the Google Maps API is a lot simpler than you…
The Damn at Otter Creek
As I listened to the song by a band called Live titled The Damn at Otter Creek, I wondered what…