My woodshop classes continued this summer with a short course at Palo Alto Adult School. This time I managed to cobble together a wooden toolbox. There were a fair number of new skills to pick up, including the use of a router for box joints, and various bits and pieces. I completely screwed up the […]
Woodshop 1 – I Built A Table
Before January of 2018 I hadn’t set foot inside of a wood shop since 2001, in my 6th grade intro class. We made the beauty you see pictured above in that short course, along with a small whistle and cutting board. At the time I enjoyed the class, and I find myself looking back […]
Programmatically Change S3 Storage Class To Glacier
The glacier storage class within Amazon S3 is a great way to reduce costs for files you don’t think you will ever need again, but want to have stick around just in case. Unfortunately the AWS SDK doesn’t provide a way to transition an object to the Glacier storage class; you can only transition to […]
Postcard Panda V4 – The Final Numbers
After doing blog posts since February 2016, version 4 of Postcard Panda has come to an end. Final numbers for version 4 since I started tracking them are: Revenue: $8031.72 Expenses: $6789.22 Profit: $1242.50 That puts average revenue per month at around $400, and average monthly profit at $62. Pretty slim numbers, and a low profit […]
Beta Testers Wanted – Postcard Panda v5
Hello friends, family, and random strangers of the internet. I’m hoping to launch the fifth version of Postcard Panda in early October. Which means that I’m finishing it up this week (I’m knocking on every piece of wood near me). Before it gets launched I’m hoping to get a few rounds of beta testing in. I […]
Postcard Panda June 2017 Income Report & Version 5
New to this series? Checkout the first report for background info on Postcard Panda. tl;dr – June was down over May 2017, and June of 2016. I’ve also decided to make some major changes. Overall Stats Revenue down. Profit not down as much because I stopped doing Apple search ads. I’m not going to do the other sections […]
How To Save $500 a Year Drinking Organic Coffee
I’ve been grinding my own beans and making my own coffee since last September. This isn’t your conventional cheap coffee either. It’s luxurious, delicious, organic (and fair trade when I can get it) coffee. Oh, did I mention that I’m on track to save $500 this year by drinking this liquid gold? Here’s how the […]
Postcard Panda May 2017 Income Report
New to this series? Checkout the first report for background info on Postcard Panda. tl;dr – Summer travel season is starting to happen, which resulted in a big uptick last year. The same trend is starting to happen this year, with May 2017 being higher than April 2017 and May of 2016. Overall Stats Expenses Breakdown […]
Postcard Panda April 2017 Income Report
New to this series? Checkout the first report for background info on Postcard Panda. tl;dr – April 2017 was the first month I really used paid advertising (Apple search ads). Unfortunately, the numbers are not in my favor. Overall Stats Expenses Breakdown USA App Store Stats UK App Store Stats Retention What Went Right Revenue […]
Postcard Panda March 2017 Income Report
New to this series? Checkout the first report for background info on Postcard Panda. tl;dr – March 2017 was a great month due to a TV bump, some paid ads, and spring break (probably). Overall Stats Expenses Breakdown USA App Store Stats UK App Store Stats Retention What Went Right This month marks the one year […]