Unpopular opinion: A curator in Boston told me my artifact photos were 'flat' and it changed my whole process.

He said I needed to shoot with a side light to show texture, so now I use a simple LED panel at an angle. Anyone have other tips for making small finds look 3D in pictures?

Pro tip: watch the pour temp on big molds, a job in Toledo taught me that.

We rushed a 500-pound casting for a pump housing and the metal was too cold, ended up with a massive shrink cavity right in the thick section. Anyone got a good rule of thumb for gray iron in heavy wall castings?

I had to pick between a drop of dish soap or a drop of glycerin to fix a dry ink, and I'm glad I chose the soap.

Spent a whole weekend trying to get a sleeve pattern right

I was making a wool coat and the armhole just would not sit flat, it kept bunching up. I redrew that curve maybe fifteen times over two days before I got it. My friend who sews took one look and said, 'You forgot the back armhole is a different shape than the front.' Has anyone else lost days to a simple drafting mistake like that?

My friend tried to 'hack' my wifi by guessing the password for 20 minutes straight

We were at my place in Seattle last year and he just kept saying 'Is it your dog's name? Your birthday? 12345678?' out loud while typing. He got so into it he didn't even notice I had a sticky note with the actual password on the router itself the whole time. I mean, it was a 16-character random string I generated, so his guesses were never close. I finally pointed to the note after he'd made like 50 attempts and his face just dropped. Has anyone else had someone try to brute-force guess a password right in front of them? What's the weirdest method you've seen someone use to try and get into something?

My new greenhouse from Harbor Freight collapsed in a light breeze last Tuesday

I spent $150 on that thing and set it up in my backyard in Denver, thinking it would protect my seedlings. The whole frame just folded over like a cheap tent when the wind picked up, and now my tomato starts are all over the lawn. Anyone in a windy area have a better suggestion for a starter greenhouse that won't just give up?

The delivery van's back door latch gave out on a rainy Tuesday

It popped open on a hill, and three centerpiece boxes slid right out. I had to redo everything with whatever was left in the cooler that morning. Anyone have a good source for heavy-duty hardware that won't rust?