To ensure a system works, you have options: test the individual components ("unit testing"), or test the system as a whole, end-to-end ("integration testing"). Maybe a mix of both, depending on the context. In the case of pressure-testing the bathroom plumbing, I've done the
Hello! And happy December. It feels good to be back in the homeland. While stateside I made it to the Shenandoah Valley, and it turns out the song was right, the Blue Ridge Mountains really do look blue! I only got back yesterday, and continued with chiselling concrete today. It’
Hello! Happy Sunday, happy boat-less week. Still in the USA, I’ve been on the road for work, now visiting some family in the capital. The bathroom plumbing will be fun to get back to, and until then, here’re some boats at sunset in front of the Washington Monument:
Hello! Boat updates…?! I have found myself in New York, and didn’t sufficiently have my shit together beforehand to get any boat work done this week. The forecast at home is cold and wet, so I’m not too mad, and it gives me a chance to get parts
Hello! It didn’t feel like a huge boat progress week, but on Saturday I was back in the tank, sealing the crannies and nooks before I can fill it. I wouldn’t call it aesthetic, but a generous dose and I hope function prevails. And it wouldn’t be
Hello, and happy November! The thought of building out the boat over winter didn’t excite me to start with, but there’s something wholesome about working when it’s dark, lit by lamps and nothing much happening outside in the cold. Speaking of, on Monday evening I re-did the
Slam it to the left… if you’re havin’ a good time? Mostly confident in my socket wiring last week, but I got a plug tester to be sure. The dopamine hit worked; there’s no substitute for the 2 green lights telling me “well done, you’re not an
Hello! Moar varnish this week, and buoy was it boring. Also hard to see given it’s clear, but that is the bedroom done. Some new work lights helped, for day-round daylight inside: Then, lighting. Or at least the wire-y parts… I forgot fuses for the LED strips, so everything
G’day, from the UK. Happy Sunday! Not much boat time this week, but on Thursday I started working on some tile samples: These by hand, but I’ll get a pasta-maker type thing (a “slab roller”) for the rest, and I’ll spend a few weeks experimenting with clays,
Sat on the balcony of my room, listening to Shania with the boys (my brother and cousin), nothing but blue sky and ocean waves; this week I’m in North Carolina, U.S.A, for a wedding. I would have said hungover, but thanks to magical chemistry it’s only
Hello! Flooding season is upon us. This is 4 feet above normal, and I’m staying on the other side of the Avon, which I can no longer reach by foot along the river path. In fact I’m staying by the church, and on Tuesday evening I went along
Hello! It’s been a while since I started the engine, and on Tuesday I felt like giving it a little razzmatazzle for good juju. I went to crank it and sure enough, the starter hardly engaged. Sometimes it did but sounded painful, like a bodybuilder trying to force out
