Welcome to my blog. I've been into tinkering, fixing, modding, and learning for as long as I can remember and now I'd like to share some of what I've found with you!
I found zeno4ever‘s Gamma screwdriver holder posted on Thingiverse and decided to give it a try. I don’t have a Gamma screwdriver set, I have a Felo Wood Handle Screwdriver Set that my amazing wife got me for my birthday this year. I’ve really grown to love this set, and they’re my go-to screwdrivers now, […]
I inset an 8′ ruler into my workbench for quick and easy measurements. It cant run away from the workbench if it’s a part of the workbench right? Anyways here’s how I did it. I looked at several rulers before I settled on the Starrett ASE-96. I liked that it had big easy to read […]
I do most of my text editing on *nix in vim. Sometimes you don’t have access to vim so you have to use vi. No big deal, but for some installs map the arrow keys to letters on the keyboard. Hitting up tends to type a capitol A. It’s usually easy to fix though. Start […]
With an ever growing collection of tools and a workbench that isn’t growing anytime soon, I needed to find a way to sturdily mount various tools to the bench without having them take up the whole bench. I looked around online and found a few designs that others had made. Some required you to clamp […]
It’s that time of year again. The Christmas tree is up, the lights are on, and the kitten has sap all over her. In the past I’ve used a D-Link smart plug to control the tree and set timers for it. This year it has gone missing. I never had a problem with the D-Link, […]
I finally got to check out one of the STLCYBER Meetup‘s. The meetups are free to attend and are sponsored by local business. They meet up at T-Rex in downtown STL. Every month they invite a new speaker to come and present. This month was Diane McClain who is a cloud security architect with Centene […]
I decided to give a different setup and domain a try. Thanks for checking out my content on seanfmcmahon.com! That content will stay right where it is and all new content will be here on catlan.net! -Sean