PC board houses are getting more accessable and less expensive all the time. Some of us are even getting very, very good at making our own circuit boards at home. There are times, though, when a ...

There’s a perception that surfing in New England is an inaccessible sport: It takes a lot of skill, the boards are expensive, and—perhaps the biggest deterrent of all—the water is just too damn cold.

This morning I got a question to my “ask the expert” column for Wednesday’s Sports Section that stimulated my last few semi-functioning, yet mostly dormant, brain cells. It was from a guy who had ...