At the start of summer 1931, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (shortened to just The Santa Fe in brochures by then) ran five daily trains between Chicago, through Kansas City, and into...
It is 3:30am and my dad came into my room to look in on me just now, in a dream of course. In this dream, Dad said he was heading off soon. When I...
I’m in the middle of converting an old barn shed into my workshop and it is time to replace the old janky doors with a proper set of shop doors. Since these will be...
I have several inexpensive Wyze cams (thanks Amazon Prime Day!) I’ve been using these for a few years now to monitor our casita down in Mexico and I plan to use them now to...
A few weeks ago Sonya and I were talking on the subject of quantum physics, something which has been very much talked about in a book we recently finished reading, American Prometheus: The Triumph...
3D Printing / DIY / Science & Technology / Woodworking
by David · Published December 10, 2022 · Last modified December 11, 2022
I have a digital indicator that measures to the thousandth of an inch. I purchased it some time back to help level the bed on my 3D printer. Lately, I wanted to use it...
Here is a functional print that I’ve been meaning to do for some weeks now. It is a replacement off-button for one of my workshop machines. Two months ago I got a great deal...
Product Reviews / Science & Technology / Travel
by David · Published July 8, 2022 · Last modified July 11, 2022
I recently made my first and perhaps only long distance cross-country trip in my Chevy Bolt. You see, when I purchased the Bolt in 2019 it was with the idea that it would primarily...
In the spring of 1919, news out of the Marconi Company—the folks who invented radio, or “wireless telegraph” in the previous decades—was that they were working on a new type of wireless telephone that...
A few days ago, Twitter user @Bondcliff2008 posted this image to Twitter. I didn’t stop laughing for almost a full minute. Those who get it right off probably love it as well–and I love...
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