Why Onshoring Is Really Happening, with Lloyd and Noah Graff-EP 271
The first quarter of 2026 stunk for Graff-Pinkert’s used machinery business. But fortunately, in the last few months, we’ve made some really good deals, selling old Davenport and Acme screw machines, as well as some expensive late model CNC multi-spindles. Today, Lloyd Graff and I give our take on why
Gratitude
Written June 19, 2018 This isn’t a blog I really want to write. But I feel like I can’t write anything else right now so
It Spoke to Me
I bought a gorgeous piece of art last Saturday, a painting of an “L” Train clacking through an apartment jungle in Chicago. At least, that’s
Taster’s Choice
Last week in Palo Alto my fiancé, Stephanie, and I went to a unique coffee shop called Philz. Philz distinguishes itself from other coffee chains
Negotiating Two Oceans
It was time to change oceans. John and Julie King, retired and fed up with California taxes and congestion, needed an experienced crew to take
Should We Forget?
I have been struggling to write this blog for over a year now, but it is a topic I really want to discuss, because it
Hoping Against Hope
I read Matthew Stewart’s long, insufferable guilt laden essay last night, “The Birth of a New Aristocracy,” which is the cover story of the June Atlantic. Stewart recounts