Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power, in this town a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years, power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I can not respect someone who does not see the difference.

The first season of House of Cards has ended for me. I tore through the thirteen episode season in about a week after having recently cancelled my cable. I miss watching House of Cards, I do not miss having cable television.

The conclusion to my desk building saga ended with a trip to Ikea, and the sanding, staining, and finishing of the tabletop.

Over the last week and a half, I designed and constructed a new desk for my home office. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen some of the progress photos that I’ve been posting. I wanted to document my experience building this thing and what learned along the way. This was not only one of my favorite construction projects from a process perspective, but also my favorite finished product.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post for Cognition explaining my process for creating prototypes and how I arrived there. After being asked for more technical detail around my actual setup, I decided to create this step by step guide.

Note: This was written for those using a Mac running OSX 10.7 or later.

I can’t think of a better first post than to link you to something I wrote on Cognition.