Joe Russack
@foozleface.bsky.social
Woodworker and Director of Scientific Computing at the California Academy of Sciences. Not necessarily in that order.
Today is a good day for Castle Wolfenstein.
January 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today is a good day for Castle Wolfenstein.
I’m the “Director of Scientific Computing” at the California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy.bsky.social).
I’m often asked what I do. In lieu of sending them the four page job description, lately I’ve been describing my role as the “chief preventer of stupid”. Some anonymous wag sent me this:
I’m often asked what I do. In lieu of sending them the four page job description, lately I’ve been describing my role as the “chief preventer of stupid”. Some anonymous wag sent me this:
January 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’m the “Director of Scientific Computing” at the California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy.bsky.social).
I’m often asked what I do. In lieu of sending them the four page job description, lately I’ve been describing my role as the “chief preventer of stupid”. Some anonymous wag sent me this:
I’m often asked what I do. In lieu of sending them the four page job description, lately I’ve been describing my role as the “chief preventer of stupid”. Some anonymous wag sent me this:
New year, new project. I’ve been feeling a bit stuck in the shop. I realized that most of my stock is odd - large, irregular, figured, often precious, rarely “ready to use”. I needed some just plain old 4/4, and some plain stock for drawer sides, etc. So here it is, and here’s the project.
December 29, 2024 at 4:09 PM
New year, new project. I’ve been feeling a bit stuck in the shop. I realized that most of my stock is odd - large, irregular, figured, often precious, rarely “ready to use”. I needed some just plain old 4/4, and some plain stock for drawer sides, etc. So here it is, and here’s the project.
Some tools purchased on a recent trip to Tokyo. I splurged and got a named blade by Shigenobu Imai. The shop (Sagami Daiku Dougu Kan, who were lovely!) recommended him when I said that I liked notably hard blades. ("Are you sure?") We'll see if I'm skilled enough to put a proper edge on it!
November 13, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Some tools purchased on a recent trip to Tokyo. I splurged and got a named blade by Shigenobu Imai. The shop (Sagami Daiku Dougu Kan, who were lovely!) recommended him when I said that I liked notably hard blades. ("Are you sure?") We'll see if I'm skilled enough to put a proper edge on it!
I'd love to get away from Meta properties for sharing my work. So, I'll be posting some older projects over the next few days; let's see if this can get me (and others) away from the algorithm driven hell that is Instagram.
This is my Holtzapffel bench build from 2019. Plans available on request.
This is my Holtzapffel bench build from 2019. Plans available on request.
November 12, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I'd love to get away from Meta properties for sharing my work. So, I'll be posting some older projects over the next few days; let's see if this can get me (and others) away from the algorithm driven hell that is Instagram.
This is my Holtzapffel bench build from 2019. Plans available on request.
This is my Holtzapffel bench build from 2019. Plans available on request.