Hardware Podcasts

393: Digging Into The Cemetery

Making It · 31 Mar 2023 · 1h 07m

What this episode covers

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss recent projects and career pivots. Diresta details buying a property with a cemetery and his history of turning a severe hand injury into a TV career. Clagett shares his journey from web development to woodworking, highlighting the launch of his Arduino course and a family connection with guest Tyler Bell. Picciuto describes his experiment making fine furniture from 2x4s and his transition from corporate web work to full-time content creation.

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Discovery Channel, Donut Media, EV West
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Arduino, Bourbon Moth

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