I used to make a lot of apple crumbles. In fact, it got to the point where these were my signature desert. One time I made one for my Dad and myself. I think we finished it off in one sitting, so, I had to make another one. Anyway, there was a learning curve to...

When I was little, we would often build different contraptions that would carry us down the big hills nearby: carts, skateboards, trolleys… Inevitably, some of these things go pretty unstable at higher speeds. I remember one time sitting on a modified skateboard flying down the hill near our house. The speed wobbles hit, and then...