I can't remember when I didn't feel the need to understand how things worked. I'm not sure whether the dominant drive to understand was out of sheer curiosity, or need. Like usual it's probably a combination of things. Computers came first. I had acc

That twain quote was something of a mantra for me. I always felt that schools somehow missed the point. Perhaps more than deeply rooted moral opposition, it was my general disinterest in the things I was required to learn. Use it or lose it was the m

This was it. This was going to work. At least that's what I told myself as I looked down at my creation. A big green plastic rake with a cinder block strapped to the back and clothesline worked into a harness. This plow-like rake was going to save me