Archive

2026  3

February  2

Changes to the Site

February 25, 2026 · 2 min · William Estep

Learning About Saltwater Aquariums

February 24, 2026 · 1 min · William Estep

January  1

2025 Crafty Christmas

January 15, 2026 · 2 min · William Estep

2025  4

July  2

5/2 Mug Rugs

July 25, 2025 · 1 min · William Estep

Twill Table Runner for Meghan

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · William Estep

June  2

Autumn Shadows

June 22, 2025 · 1 min · William Estep

My Favorite Everything Socks Pattern Posted

June 22, 2025 · 1 min · William Estep

2024  5

July  2

“The Infinite” by Patience Agbabi

July 17, 2024 · 1 min · William Estep

Research Guide: Knitting History and Techniques

July 7, 2024 · 3 min · William Estep

May  2

Double Basket Beanie Pattern Is Live

May 11, 2024 · 1 min · William Estep

My Favorite Everything Socks

May 1, 2024 · 1 min · William Estep

April  1

Our Solar System Socks by Gauge Dye Works

April 7, 2024 · 1 min · William Estep

2023  10

December  1

Knitting Needle Holder

December 10, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

November  2

Funfetti Socks

November 16, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

“Find Your Fade” by Andrea Mowry

November 1, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

September  1

A Bit of Brittany

September 27, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Terra Cotta Hatch

August 27, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

May  1

Lace Shawl

May 2, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

April  1

Double Basket Beanie Prototype

April 1, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

March  3

Bulky Swatch Blanket

March 31, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

Beanie Prototype: Double Basket Pattern

March 13, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

Basket Weave Beanie

March 6, 2023 · 1 min · William Estep

2022  24

December  1

Downtown Sunset

December 19, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

November  1

First Seam Done Checkmate Sweater

November 23, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

September  2

Whiskey Knits Project Bag

September 15, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Vertices Unite Shawl

September 4, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Fair Isle Pattern

August 14, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

July  7

Harlequin Pattern

July 20, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Knotted Rib and Broad Spiral Rib

July 20, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Swiss Check Pattern

July 19, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Squared Check Pattern

July 17, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Shadow Cable Pattern

July 17, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Chevron Pattern

July 9, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Double Basket Pattern

July 7, 2022 · 1 min · bestep

June  4

Basketweave

June 17, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

German Clustered Cable

June 16, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

King Charles Brocade

June 8, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Hexagon Swatch

June 1, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

May  4

Trellis With Moss Stitch

May 31, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Staghorn Cable Swatch

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Swatch Quilt Ideas

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

Error Running Coverage on Ubuntu

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

April  1

Found My Watchcap

April 17, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

February  1

Freestyle Caps by Cheryl Andrews

February 4, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

January  2

My First Gloves

January 31, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

The Fitzgerald Sweater

January 22, 2022 · 1 min · William Estep

2021  16

December  2

Starting My Berroco Fitzgerald

December 4, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Knitting a Scottish Tam

December 4, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

October  2

My finished watch cap

October 12, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

I miss my old watch cap

October 11, 2021 · 2 min · William Estep

September  1

Countryside Scarf for Birthday

September 1, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Cables! In a Hat!

August 14, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

June  2

City View

June 11, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Walking more

June 5, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

April  5

Strides for Pride

April 13, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Daily Reminder

April 8, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Duolingo Milestone

April 6, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Just a Note Regarding Harry Potter

April 6, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

New Radio Cabinet

April 4, 2021 · 3 min · William Estep

March  1

I Met a Dog and Some Horses

March 15, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

January  2

Sunsets on the Boat

January 26, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

Fireworks in Slo-Mo

January 1, 2021 · 1 min · William Estep

2020  4

January  4

“The Tender Bar: A Memoir” by J.R. Moehringer

January 25, 2020 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Silver Ships,” by S.H. Jucha

January 2, 2020 · 1 min · William Estep

“Knots and Crosses” by Ian Rankin

January 1, 2020 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Town and the City” Jack Kerouac

January 1, 2020 · 4 min · William Estep

2019  4

December  1

Ornament

December 23, 2019 · 1 min · William Estep

September  2

Coffee!

September 14, 2019 · 1 min · William Estep

Recent Travel Drinking

September 1, 2019 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Rigging Repairs

August 4, 2019 · 1 min · William Estep

2018  6

October  2

Ten Year Plan Number Plate

October 10, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

Live Life

October 6, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

September  3

New Boat Arrives

September 19, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

Comfort Without the Bulk

September 15, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

Boat Renovations

September 10, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Ten Year Plan Boat Cards

August 20, 2018 · 1 min · William Estep

2017  1

June  1

Amateur Radio – W4MTP

June 5, 2017 · 1 min · William Estep

2015  14

December  1

WOTD: Gonfalon

December 9, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

October  2

Ten Year Plan: Annapolis Boat Show 2015

October 13, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

Ten Year Plan: Annapolis Boat Show Day 1

October 9, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

September  1

Day of the Dead Party Costume Plans

September 19, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

July  2

Dance in the Rain

July 13, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Perfect is the enemy of good

July 8, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

June  1

Marriage: What Is It Good For?

June 27, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

April  3

Hawaiian Classics Shirt in Green

April 18, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

Are You Wearing Enough Flair?

April 10, 2015 · 2 min · William Estep

Hawaiian Classic Shirt #2

April 6, 2015 · 3 min · William Estep

March  3

Learning To Sew

March 30, 2015 · 2 min · William Estep

Albert Said it Best

March 24, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

We Will Miss You Terry Pratchett

March 13, 2015 · 1 min · William Estep

February  1

Clutter and The Ten Year Plan

February 2, 2015 · 5 min · William Estep

2014  18

November  11

QOTD: The tape doesn’t lie

November 25, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

We Need More–I Want More

November 25, 2014 · 4 min · William Estep

QOTD: Words Don’t Cook Rice

November 20, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Camus

November 18, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Anger

November 18, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Experience

November 18, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Raise Your Words

November 18, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Sea Quest

November 18, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Dream by Moonlight

November 14, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

QOTD: Provided

November 10, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

Video Editing Adventures

November 9, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

April  1

The Sublime Regex

April 25, 2014 · 2 min · William Estep

March  2

The First Real Ride of Spring

March 23, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

Time to Cleanup My TextExpander Snippets

March 22, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

February  3

Sublime Pelican Plugin

February 27, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

Jealous Car

February 26, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

Sublime Text 2

February 24, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

January  1

Catchup

January 6, 2014 · 1 min · William Estep

2013  19

November  1

NaNoWriMo Continues

November 17, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

October  6

Calm River

October 27, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

Maciej Cegłowski Discusses

October 19, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

Looking At a Python Pelican

October 13, 2013 · 4 min · William Estep

Catbird Is An Actual Bird

October 11, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

iPhone Speed Vid

October 11, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

AM Damp

October 9, 2013 · 3 min · William Estep

September  3

Training Pays Off

September 29, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

Second Life’s Strang Second Life | The Verge

September 29, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

Common MySQL Queries

September 10, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

August  1

Dragons Past and Present

August 25, 2013 · 16 min · William Estep

July  1

The Galaxy Note II After a Week or So

July 9, 2013 · 2 min · bestep

June  1

The Galaxy Note II by Samsung

June 29, 2013 · 4 min · William Estep

March  1

Apartment Living

March 21, 2013 · 3 min · William Estep

February  3

Anger Management

February 19, 2013 · 3 min · William Estep

People Are Challenging

February 14, 2013 · 2 min · William Estep

Old Words

February 6, 2013 · 4 min · William Estep

January  2

Cigar Boxes

January 23, 2013 · 1 min · William Estep

DIY Weekend

January 13, 2013 · 2 min · William Estep

2012  10

May  10

“Breaking the Surface” by Greg Louganis

May 26, 2012 · 4 min · William Estep

Blogs and Stats and Objectives

May 26, 2012 · 2 min · William Estep

Common Questions

May 25, 2012 · 3 min · William Estep

Dan Is All Class

May 24, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

Why You Should Quit

May 24, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

Annular Solar Eclipse Video

May 24, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

Scalzi’s Take on Privilege

May 21, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

Macdrifter Summation of Text

May 20, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

Repetitive Tasks Chart Porn

May 20, 2012 · 1 min · William Estep

My Big Ass Gay Pity Party

May 10, 2012 · 4 min · William Estep

2011  1

May  1

Gravity Arranged

May 11, 2011 · 3 min · William Estep

2009  24

October  2

“A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel” by Marina Lewycka

October 15, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Novelist” by Angela Hunt

October 12, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

June  4

“Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries)” by Richard Russo

June 25, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Unspoken” by Angela Hunt

June 24, 2009 · 4 min · William Estep

“The Cat Who Went into the Closet (Cat Who…)” by Lilian Jackson Braun

June 22, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Iceberg” by Clive Cussler

June 6, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

May  7

“The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect” by Margo Maine, Joe Kelly

May 31, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Fat Girls Guide to Life” by Wendy Shanker

May 28, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Petty Pewter Gods (P.I. Garrett)” by Glen Cook

May 27, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

“Child of the Prophecy: Book Three of the Sevenwaters Trilogy (The Sevenwaters Trilogy)” by Juliet Marillier

May 25, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen” by Julie Powell

May 17, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

“Shantaram: A Novel” by Gregory David Roberts

May 12, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Actors Guide to Greed (Actors Guide To…)” by Rick Copp

May 3, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

April  8

“Candy Apple Red (Jane Kelly Mystery)” by Nancy Bush

April 29, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Bokuru” by Jon C. Hall

April 25, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

“Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)” by Flora Thompson

April 12, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Damaged!” by Bernadette Y. Connor

April 8, 2009 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Burglar in the Library (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery)” by Lawrence Block

April 6, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell

April 4, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Son of a Witch: A Novel” by Gregory Maguire

April 4, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“Almost Like Being in Love: A Novel” by Steve Kluger

April 1, 2009 · 3 min · William Estep

March  2

“Flesh And Blood” by Michael Cunningham

March 30, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

“French Women Dont Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure” by Mireille Guiliano

March 21, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

February  1

“A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash” by Sylvia Nasar

February 14, 2009 · 1 min · William Estep

2008  24

December  1

“The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town” Jacqueline Guidry

December 28, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

November  1

“A Kiss of Shadows” Laurell K. Hamilton

November 11, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

October  1

“A Promise for Ellie” Lauraine Snelling

October 10, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

September  1

“A Fragile Design” Tracie Peterson, Judith Miller

September 21, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

July  1

“Different Roads” Joyce Sterling Scarbrough

July 12, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

June  4

Where are my thoughts

June 28, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

“All Creatures Great and Small” James Herriot

June 22, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who…)” by Lilian Jackson Braun

June 20, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

“8.4” by Peter Hernon

June 2, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

May  15

Nick Hornby’s “A Long Way Down”

May 30, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (A Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mystery)

May 29, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

Basic Troubleshooting Techniques

May 27, 2008 · 8 min · William Estep

RSS Feed in Zend Framework

May 26, 2008 · 4 min · William Estep

“84, Charing Cross Road” by Helene Hanff

May 25, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

“A House in Sicily” by Daphne Phelps

May 25, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

“Anonymous Rex” by Eric Garcia

May 25, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

“At The Scent Of Water” by Linda Nichols

May 25, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

“Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman” by Alice Steinbach

May 25, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

“Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life” by Gregory Bernard Banks

May 25, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

Yo! Need a vampire hunter over here!

May 25, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

ClubReading Facelift

May 24, 2008 · 2 min · William Estep

Stroll Back in Time

May 23, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

Samson

May 22, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

Podcasts

May 22, 2008 · 1 min · William Estep

2001  73

September  4

“Love Comes Softly” by Janette Oke

September 3, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“House Atreides” by Brian Herbert

September 3, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Lost Boys” by Orson Scott Card

September 3, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Note” by Angela Hunt

September 1, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

August  1

“Burn” by Jonathan Lyons

August 31, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

July  9

“By Reason of Insanity” by Shane Stevens

July 10, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Rules of Prey” by John Sanford

July 10, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” by Stephen King

July 8, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Praying for Sleep” by Jeffery Deaver

July 8, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“A Degree of Mastery” by Annie Tremmel Wilcox

July 8, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Firebird” by Mark Doty

July 8, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Sincerely Yours” by Al and Joanna Lacy

July 2, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Dana’s Valley” by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan

July 2, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Clematis Tree” by Ann Widdecombe

July 2, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

June  2

“The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury

June 1, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Pilgrimage: the Book of the People” by Zenna Henderson

June 1, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

May  29

“At Home in Mitford” by Jan Karon

May 31, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson

May 31, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Heart Aroused” by David Whyte

May 29, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Naked” by David Sedaris

May 29, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Blood Price” by Tanya Huff

May 28, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Guilty Pleasures” by Laurell K. Hamilton

May 28, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Watership Down” by Richard Adams

May 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“A Novel of Venice” by Erica Jong

May 26, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“The Face in the Frost” by John Bellairs

May 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Runaway Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown

May 24, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“The Beginning Place” by Ursula K. LeGuinn

May 21, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

The Postman by David Brin

May 21, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson

May 21, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” by Robert Heinlein

May 21, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Color of Magic” by Terry Pratchett

May 21, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Time Enough for Love” by Robert Heinlein

May 20, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Hit List” by Lawrence Block

May 17, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” by Charles Mackay

May 17, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In” by Joe Bob Briggs

May 17, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Man Who Walked Through Time” by Colin Fletcher

May 17, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Broca’s Brain, Reflections on the Romance of Science” by Carl Sagan

May 17, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child” by Elva Trevino Hart

May 17, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Inside Benchley” by Robert Benchley

May 15, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Case for Christ” by Lee Strobel

May 15, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett

May 14, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Last of the Breed” by Louis L’Amour

May 14, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“A Map of the World” by Jane Hamilton

May 14, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Lord of the Barnyard” by Tristan Egolf

May 14, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Boy’s Life” by Robert R. McCammon

May 14, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

April  27

“From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” by E. L. Konigsburg

April 26, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Merrick” by Anne Rice

April 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Married Man” by Edmund White

April 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J. K. Rowling

April 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Winter of the Fisher” by Cameron Langford

April 26, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Fooling With Words” by Bill Moyers

April 26, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Slipt” by Alan Dean Foster

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Best of Shaker Cooking” by Amy Bess Miller and Persis Fuller

April 25, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“The Redemption of Sarah Cain” by Beverly Lewis

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Blessed Are the Merciful” by Al and Joanna Lacy

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Half Magic” by Edward Eager

April 25, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“The Skook” by J. P. Miller

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

Columbia Poetry Review No 13

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“A Matter of Time” by Beverly Byrne

April 25, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Mars” by Ben Bova

April 25, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Good Omens” by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett

April 25, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

“Aztec” by Gary Jennings

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Rendezvous With Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“The Twisted Root” by Anne Perry

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“And Then There Were Two” by Gilbert Morris

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“One by One” by Gilbert Morris

April 25, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Marrying the Mistress” by Joanna Trollope

April 22, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum

April 22, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“The Best of Sisters in Crime” by Marilyn Wallace

April 22, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Stepping Heavenward” by Elizabeth Prentiss

April 22, 2001 · 3 min · William Estep

“Lord Foulgrin’s Letters” by Randy Alcorn

April 22, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

“Seventh Son” by Orson Scott Card

April 22, 2001 · 2 min · William Estep

February  1

“Practical Magic” by Alice Hoffman

February 26, 2001 · 1 min · William Estep

2000  5

December  4

“Fahrenheit 541” by Ray Bradbury

December 8, 2000 · 2 min · William Estep

“Writing the Novel” by Lawrence Block

December 8, 2000 · 2 min · William Estep

“A Texas Sky” by Lori Wick

December 8, 2000 · 2 min · William Estep

“Christy” by Catherine Marshall

December 8, 2000 · 3 min · William Estep

October  1

“Gods Go Begging” by Alfredo Vea

October 20, 2000 · 4 min · William Estep