Practical Skills Blogs

Discover the best independent blogs about practical skills on BlogRolly.

• How Credit Scores Really Work — Think closing a credit card will tank your score? In this post I explain how credit scores really work, covering FICO vs
• How and why you should start an emergency fund — Think of an emergency fund as your financial seatbelt. You'll find clear steps on how to start an emergency fund and why
• Rediscovering Sketching — Sketches saved me from endless CAD edits. I show hand sketches and NanoCAD plans for cycle crossing design, walking cycl
• What If an Earthquake was Predicted to Happen in Four Days? What Would You Do?? — What would you do if an earthquake was predicted in four days? As a geology teacher I run this hypothetical with student
• A Simple Low Expense, Low Tax Investment Portfolio for DIY Beginners — Simple works best for retirement investing today. Here I lay out a low expense, low tax investment portfolio for DIY beg
• How to make a palm thimble — How to make a palm thimble in 15 minutes using scrap leather and my free A6 palm thimble template. This DIY palm thimble
• Sashiko Pattern Bishamonkikkō — Curious about the sashiko pattern bishamonkikkō and how to stitch it? I trace its origin to Tōji, explain the Bishamonte
• Sashiko Pattern Hoshi to Mitsubishi — Curious about the sashiko pattern hoshi to mitsubishi? In this post I explain sashiko pattern hoshi to mitsubishi meanin
• WP Engine Migration: a Checklist or an Automated Plugin — Want to move WordPress to WP Engine without downtime? Read my step by step guide covering the WP Engine migration checkl
• Detoxing in History: the morning after the night before! — I show how I diagnosed and fixed a corrupted JFIF/Exif JPEG step by step. I walk through the exact commands and tools I