November 2021 — on not ignoring what a gearbox is trying to tell you
It starts subtle. You’re lifting off the throttle coming out of a fast corner, already in second, and the lever just… moves.
February 2021 — on the noise that comes from spinning rust and how to stop it from travelling
Every NAS build guide covers the same things: which board, which drives, which OS, how many watts.
October 2020 — on the gap between “there’s an adapter for that” and “there’s no adapter for that”
Most modern cars have a standard double-DIN head unit slot.
August 2018 — on the difference between repairing a failure and fixing the root cause
The caravan door handle failed. We had it repaired. It failed again.
April 2012 — sixteen months, a lot of concrete dust, and one system that works
The previous article covered the design. This one covers what it actually takes to build it in an Amsterdam apartment block with a flat concrete roof, existing floors that need to come up, and a flue that needs to pass through multiple reinforced concrete slabs to reach the sky.
October 2011 — on why doing something properly means drawing it first
The Dutch gas grid is reliable, cheap by European standards, and completely outside your control.
