User interface design

Our new oven has an electronic control panel, of course -- chips and wires have been cheaper than gears and cams for a long time now. There are a couple of nice touches in the UI design:

• You can set it up for a delayed start. But instead of setting the starting time (as you do with a VCR, say), you set the baking time and the stop time: i.e., when you want it to be ready.
• When you push the button to set the temperature, it starts out showing 350(F), the most commonly-used baking temperature. You adjust up and down from there.

The perils of iterative design

It's very difficult to add wood after you've removed a bit too much. It all works out OK this time -- I found the trim moulding that exactly matches the cabinets -- but...

I should go out and get 4 more clamps; I'll never have a better excuse.