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September 3, 2010

In which Sippican fisks Popular Mechanics down to a bloody stump...

Sippican Cottage: Hey, It's Time For Pointless Lists Of Tools Compiled By People That Think Defragging Hard Drives Is Heavy Construction

Circular Saw - "Nothing beats a circular saw for speed and convenience when it comes to making straight cuts on a variety of materials." Well, a table saw does. By a large margin, actually. And if you have a circular saw, that crosscut saw you told everyone to buy is going to end up on eBay some day, covered with rust but with the teeth still razor sharp. But soldier on, skinny glasses dude, I'm warming to your delirium tremens approach to prose and pounding on things

Posted by Vanderleun at September 3, 2010 1:11 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

Your Say

Sippican Cottage has the right idea. We have the internet these days. There is less and less reason to turn to generalists while it's easier and easier to go directly to the full-blooded professional on any topic.

Taking woodworking advice from Popular Mechanics rather than any number of real woodworkers is like ignoring Shakespeare in favor of Reader's Digest.

There is a universe of difference between the insights from a full-time expert in some field and the LL Bean crowd that favors looking like they know what they are doing over doing it well.

Posted by: Scott M at September 4, 2010 2:54 AM

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