Webliography | "with both hands open"

October 27, 2011
by Colin
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MaineYankee’s Miniatures Workshop

My miniatures hobby has gotten out of hand and has taken over a 10×12′ section of my basement. Half-baked projects sit on shelves and parts and finished projects fill a corner of my office at work. This web site intends to be a chronicle of my projects, a how-to blog, and resource for people who enjoy scale hobbies. The subject matter needs to be trimmed down and that is in the works. The roombox and mini furniture projects will be getting their own vlog site called The Continue Reading →

February 25, 2011
by Colin
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Hobby Resource

Several years ago, the purchase of a log cabin dollhouse for my youngest child rekindled my interest in the miniatures hobby. I started building furniture for her house and began doing some roombox projects, etc. That started me looking for stores in Maine that could Continue Reading →

February 20, 2011
by Colin
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Grassy Hill Software

Early in 2008 my work with data mining for ERP systems was going well and it looked like there would be an opportunity to do a good bit of consulting work in programming and software support in that niche. I began programming DBA2Web and changed my work schedule to accommodate a heavier load of programming. It was then that I created Grassy Hill Software as a consulting company to be the face for my Continue Reading →

February 10, 2011
by Colin
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DBA2Web

Back in 2000 I was hired by Report2Web, a small company in Raleigh, to be their Java guy. They had just been purchased by Redwood Software and were ready to port their ActiveX report viewer to a Swing applet and XML. I completed that task, through several design changes, and learned a lot, but I moved on before they Continue Reading →

February 10, 2011
by Colin
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Cathance

In Bowdoin, Maine there is a piece of property that sits between two branches of the Cathance River. The path of the river is very indirect, winding back and forth and over and down, over rapids, down some falls, through a mill, through two other towns, and finally into the Merrymeeting Bay at Bowdoinham. The name comes from a native word that meant “twisted”, which is very Continue Reading →