The Foundry has people, tools, machines, and a place to operate. The only thing it lacks is insurance, and insurance is a problem because Chief Creative person Mary Keane's vision for The Foundry includes children instead of limiting membership and machine use to people over 18. Other makerspaces have managed to allow children, so it's likely that Mary will find appropriate insurance before long and get the doors open. Besides being a creative space for children, not just adults, Mary is excited about having The Foundry use recycled plastics in its 3-D printers, which hardly any makerspaces do right now, although many are surely interested in this way to lessen their impact on the Earth. (Alternate Video Link)

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The Foundry has people, tools, machines, and a place to operate. The only thing it lacks is insurance, and insurance is a problem because Chief Creative person Mary Keane's vision for The Foundry includes children instead of limiting membership and machine use to people over 18. Other makerspaces have managed to allow children, so it's likely that Mary will find appropriate insurance before long and get the doors open. Besides being a creative space for children, not just adults, Mary is excited about having The Foundry use recycled plastics in its 3-D printers, which hardly any makerspaces do right now, although many are surely interested in this way to lessen their impact on the Earth. (Alternate Video Link)

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I have to do some non-coding things. Exercise. Eat. Sleep. I have some leeway on the timing, usually.

Here’s what happens sometimes:

I know exactly what to do next. I haven’t looked at the code, but I can see it in my mind, and the task is clear.

But it’s mid-afternoon — time to go run around the neighborhood. Do I stop right then, or do I do that next thing first?

It used to be that I’d do that next thing. I’d do every single next thing until I ran out of next things, or until I had no choice but to stop.

These days: I put on my running shoes, and leave that next thing for when I get back.

The benefit isn’t so much the self-discipline of it (doing things at the same time every day, which I do like) — it’s knowing that when I return I can get back in the flow quickly and easily, since I have something clear to work on next.

This is a coder’s variation on Hemingway’s advice: “The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next.”

I have to do some non-coding things. Exercise. Eat. Sleep. I have some leeway on the timing, usually.

Here’s what happens sometimes:

I know exactly what to do next. I haven’t looked at the code, but I can see it in my mind, and the task is clear.

But it’s mid-afternoon — time to go run around the neighborhood. Do I stop right then, or do I do that next thing first?

It used to be that I’d do that next thing. I’d do every single next thing until I ran out of next things, or until I had no choice but to stop.

These days: I put on my running shoes, and leave that next thing for when I get back.

The benefit isn’t so much the self-discipline of it (doing things at the same time every day, which I do like) — it’s knowing that when I return I can get back in the flow quickly and easily, since I have something clear to work on next.

This is a coder’s variation on Hemingway’s advice: “The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next.”

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