For years, I’ve been wanting to fly up to Mackinac Island (KMCD) for a day of cross-country skiing, but the weather has never lined up. Either it’s too warm, and there won’t be enough snow on the island to make it worthwhile, or the weather is too rough for a safe flight there and back, with the additional risk of getting stranded.

The Island in the winter is a completely different experience from the bustling summer season. With no cars allowed, the only ways to get around are by foot, bike, horse-drawn carriage, or in the winter, skis and snowmobiles. The island gets a fair amount of lake-effect snow, and when conditions are right, it offers a scenic ski experience with views you just can’t get anywhere else.

I’ve been using an interesting Android task app for a couple of months now called Simpletask (Source) [not pictured above] and I feel like I’ve used it long enough now to be able to give it a fair review over some of the other stuff I have tried for task management.

I’m still using a lot of other task management apps for things like software development and project planning, but Simpletask and the ecosystem it’s based on have some unique characteristics and advantages that can also potentially fit really well into your workflow.

This small tabletop chest was inspired from a design copied from the class project of Camille Larrey’s Intermediate Woodworking Class at ACC. It was made based off of a diagram of general parts required and the overall dimensions of 18x10x10’'.

In features 24 dovetails for the upper drawers and an additional 12 for the panels. In the rendering the cabinet panels are using the “Wood Cherry Original” material from sketch up while the drawer fronts “birds eye maple” and side panels, “cherry finished” from an article on wood grain textures1 however when it came down to purchasing lumber I only went with two species.