Did anyone consider this case?
The ZeroHedge headline: “Western US Braces For Loss Of Solar-Powered Generation During Solar Eclipse“. The grid operator’s short-term forecasting team detailed the eclipse’s impacts to…
Report from the OP, September 11, 2023
It’s time to get back at it. I’m not 100%, but whatever percent I am will have to do. I’ve said many times that “Collapse…
It’s ba-a-ack
The Wuflu (Election Variant) is in da ho-o-ouse! Daughter got it first, this past Sunday and likely from a coworker who had picked it up…
Sunday Reading
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman is the first book of a two-book series, the other being “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further…
FAFO
In the tradition of the “hot/crazy matrix”, I present the “FAFO spectrum” lesson. YouTube being YouTube, they are going to make you go to their…
Help, medic!
I ran across something that may prove useful even if things don’t go sideways. While you’re building that thing, be careful to vet the kit…
We can has the good stuff
(Via The Merge) We’re all familiar with things like Google Earth. How about something done by synthetic aperture radar, with 16 cm resolution? Availability of…
Armageddon Refrigerator Says
Wow. That one came zinging in from the outfield. What does this appliance know that I need to know?
The electrification of yard implements
The usefulness of battery-powered yard tools has surprised me. A year ago, when my gas string trimmer crapped out after just two years, I decided…
Try not to be shocked
This just in via the UK Daily Mail–there’s no correlation between the strictness and severity of gun control laws and the incidence of mass shootings.…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Well, he wasn’t in the dark, because this blackout started at 9 AM. Somebody hit a pole near us. The power went off, came back…
Report from the OP, July 24, 2023
It’s been an interesting month since the last report, mostly in a Chinese interesting sort of way. Plus it’s been an expensive month around here.…
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
As I mentioned a (long) while back, I was going to be at the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion, an annual event held in the thriving…
Distilling it down
I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to podcasts. It’s a great way to multi-task. Mowing the yard? Listen to a podcast. Driving to…
Report from the OP, June 16, 2023
Three months since I did a report? And it’s taken me a week to write this one. Bad Freeholder! Grandthings go first. At a little…
Remembering D-Day
On this day in 1944, The US, Great Britain, Canada, Poland and others landed troops on the shores of Normandy, France. Like the one pictured…
@%!$ technology
Saturday night, the thunderstorms started moving through. They weren’t bad here, but there was this one lightning strike somewhere close by… And our Intertubz connection…
Killdozer Day
Once again it’s Killdozer Day, a day when many of us pause to remember Marvin Heemeyer and his final stand as a free man in…
I’m losing to the one-armed paper hanger
Yep, I’ve been AWOL. A lot of stuff has been going on. This will almost be a Report from the OP, but it’s going to…
Something wicked this way comes. And darn soon.
(I’ve been trying and failing to complete this post for nearly three weeks. While it’s no closer to “finished” than it was on Day One,…
Still not done
I feel like the poor old soul in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, except I’m saying “I’m not done yet!” I have devoted considerable…
Not dead. Absolutely not dead.
But I didn’t realize I’d been silent for two weeks. Time flies when you’re busy. I have been working on what I hope you’ll find…
Mea culpa
It’s been stupidly busy. We’ve had a week of “Chamber of Commerce weather”, and I’ve been doing my best to take advantage of it. Throw…
Destination: Where?
Thursday, I had to head over to the Nearby Small City for a chiropractor appointment and a Walmart run. The drive over for the most…
