Years ago, I saw a screencap of a Tumblr post that said something to the effect of, “if you leave a man alone for five minutes, he will invent a little project to keep himself occupied.”  I can’t find this post anymore, and frankly it might have been a tweet instead of a Tumblr post, but the point is, the sentiment stuck with me because it’s true: many men (myself included) love their little projects.

Beyond simply arriving at an end project, the goal of most of my Little Projects is to learn something.  Most of the time, there are great resources out there on the web for whatever Little Project I’m working on, but for my more esoteric projects often my only recourse is good ol’ trial and error.  Therefore, in addition to the usual thoughts and musings, I’ve decided to start documenting my Little Projects here on Snake Oil Direct in the hopes of passing on my knowledge to anyone who could benefit from it. And just because I like showing off.