[Yesterday: 3.4 miles]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I learned a new term today: competence porn. It seems to apply in the world of TV shows where really smart people figure out really hard problems… as if you worked at the Skunk Works and everyone did their job well and amazing things were accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can dig it. I don’t actually watch much of that kind of TV show. I’ve see some of it, like Criminal Minds and House. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I immediately thought of some of the Youtube channels I have been following recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first is a guy whose Youtube name is Mustie1. <\/a> His specialty is internal combustion motors of all kinds, from lawn mowers to motorcycles to VW engines. He’s not a car mechanic with diagnostic gizmos, he’s a generalist. And he is good at making the videos interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The second is a similar guy in a marine environment called Dangar Marine<\/a>. He also works on engines, but he’s even more general than that, doing all sorts of boat repairs. Now he is working on restoring a small steel trawler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These guys over at Acorn to Arabella<\/a> are building a wooden sailboat from scratch.. like, starting with trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n