I thought the new 3D PDF export in our CAD software was just a gimmick until a client in Boise asked for one.

I bought a 'meteorite' at a roadside stand for $80 and it's just a piece of slag

Stopped at a little stand near Sedona last month, and this guy had a whole table of 'space rocks'. He swore up and down this one lump was a real meteorite, showed me a magnet sticking to it and everything. I got all excited and handed over eighty bucks. Took it to my local rock club meeting, and within ten seconds, three people told me it's just industrial slag. The little bubbles and the way it's shaped are a dead giveaway. I felt like a total fool. The magnet trick works on a lot of iron-rich earth rocks too, which I now know. So I'm out eighty dollars and my pride. Anyone have a good story about getting fooled by a fake specimen?

Warning: My first freelance contract was a single text message

Honestly, I agreed to build a website for a friend's band in Portland with just a 'sounds good' text and a handshake. Took me three months and they kept adding stuff, like a merch store I never planned for. Now I use a simple two-page contract from a site called Docracy that lists exactly what's included, and it saved me last week when a new client asked for five extra pages for free. Anyone else have a go-to template they swear by?

Had to choose between a $1200 CAD workstation upgrade or a 3-day advanced detailing course in Denver. Went with the course.