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The power of Google

When you change your site structure radically like I did yesterday night – all links changed from static HTML files to dynamic PHP files – there are a few things to consider:

  1. Every link on the web will be broken and people wont be able to find the content again on my website;
  2. All the indexes on search engines will be broken, i.e. pointing to the non existent files;
  3. How fast will the new pages show up in Google search results?

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Changing a tool’s DNA

I was catching up on my reading and found an odd post written by The Schwarz where he mentioned “a chisel with rasp-like teeth on its shank”. It sounded like a joke to me…

Everyone who’s been reading Chris’ blog for a while knows he’s a funny guy, but he’s also a talented and knowledgeable woodworker, and above all, a professional journalist. So I gave it a second though and realized I wanted to see what that joke of a tool was all about. Continue reading this post…

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New blog by Christopher Schwarz

In case you haven’t noticed, Christopher Schwarz is now writing a new blog at Lost Art Press, his new publishing company which is devoted to help the modern woodworker learn traditional hand-tool skills.

Besides Chris’ usual essays on workbench design, there is an excellent series on handplaning which focuses on different techniques (seven at the time of writing) to reduce tear-out. Continue reading this post…