2021-06-07
With their astronomical cost, each tiny part of any aerospace mission has to be carefully considered. It sounds obvious...
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
2021-05-31
In March 2020, I abdicated the lifestyle of an intellectually promiscuous on-demand fixer of hardware, design, and production projects...
2021-05-24
For as long as I can recall, I’ve believed that the marginal cost of buying a nice tool is usually lower than the marginal cost of the time I would...
2021-05-17
We’ve been watching a lot of The Repair Shop recently, a British show where people bring in broken family heirlooms with the hope that expert...
2021-05-10
I recently moved, and was therefore reminded about how terrible moving is. Why is it so hard to bear? As an engineer...
2021-05-03
The pandemic impacted many of the things I am most interested in: cities, buildings, and logistical systems. As a design architect by training...