Welcome to the Trevorland.com Blog!
For over ten years, I have maintained the website Trevorland as my personal homepage. The site began as a simple homepage which I created during my free time in my Computer Applications class in junior...
View ArticleMy New Couch
About six weeks ago, I moved into my own place for the first time. I have been amazed at the generosity of my friends and family as everybody comes up with an extra set of dishes, appliances, and other...
View ArticleAdventures in Scrap Metal Recycling
One of my favorite activities is trying to come up with ways to make a little extra cash between paychecks. As a kid, I used to ride my bike around the neighborhood and collect discarded aluminum cans...
View ArticleThe Wunderkammer: A Modern-Day Cabinet of Curiosities
I first read about the concept of a wunderkammer in Make: Magazine Vol. 17. The word wunderkammer means chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities. In the 16th century, wealthy Europeans, scholars,...
View ArticleHow I Found the Perfect Apartment
It’s not hard to find an apartment, but it is hard to find the perfect apartment. Based on my own apartment-hunting experience, I wanted to share the method I came up with for finding a decent place....
View ArticleLearning to Walk Backwards
When I was born in 1985, the world I came into was full of modern conveniences. To the generations of people born before me, everything about my life is considered to be the “new way” of doing things....
View ArticleThe 9 Fallacies of Online Reviews
We live in a society with an enormous variety of products to buy. Even when it comes to the basics like what to wear, where to live, what to eat, and what type of car to drive, there are an...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012
As 2012 draws to a close, I would like to take a moment to look back at some of the events that have taken place during the past year. JANUARY Put a new radiator in my car Went to the CES Show in Las...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging Me
I am feeling a little grumpy today. It feels like 2013 is not off to a good start for me so far. There are a bunch of little issues that have been tugging at me, and I need to vent and get some of them...
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