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Feb 11, 2009

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I meant to mention this the other day. Before leaving D.C., a friend graciously lent me his universal power adapter. I figured I'd need it for my laptop, etc.

And yet, when I walked into my hotel room and set my laptop on the desk, I saw what I can only describe as the most brilliant thing I've ever seen:

Best. Power. Outlet. Ever.

Yes, that's a universal power outlet. Ok, some of you might be thinking I've lost my mind, or that this is nothing new. Well, I've never seen it, and it's goddam genius. Why isn't this used everywhere? I mean, it would completely obliterate all power conversion issues. This takes them all? It's a problem solver!

I love it. I might just replace all of our outlets at home with these. Maybe it'll jump start the U.S. economy.


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Building the Anarchist's Workbench
I'm following Christopher Schwarz's plans for a workbench that should long outlive me. Let's see how I do.
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A Pair of Desks
When a friend asked me to build her a writing desk, I was deleted to do so. But I was much less delighted with how it turned out. So I took another stab…
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With the arrival of the bench hardware, assembly could commence and the workbench finished.
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