Let it not be said that we are idle here at Taos Toolbox.   Among other things, we have plotted and outlined Christie Yant’s next novel, put the whole thing on a series of 3×5 cards, and then stuck them on a door (because doors, as you know, are symbolic).  Here’s a picture. Nor will this […]

We see here Toolbox student Jeff Dunteman’s Aetheric Concentrator.  Jeff was concerned that he might not get his wi-fi here in our remote mountain lodge, so he built this nifty two-way antenna out of a 1919 bathroom heater and a pill bottle, among other things. The desk is also made out of plumbing bits so […]

Here’s a picture taken from just outside my door. “But Walter,” I hear you say, “this picture’s all dark and murky!” Yes.  Isn’t it great? These are storm clouds.  In a short while, rain is going to come pouring down. For someone who’s lived in drought conditions since February, this is wonderful.  And this is […]

  I’ve recently completed the video game L.A. Noire (sic), which has prompted some thoughts about audience expectations, and how to satisfy them— or at least mollify them, assuming that actual satisfaction turns out not to be possible. For those of you who haven’t somehow been swept up in the hype, L.A. Noire (sic) is […]