A Cross-Country Trip In The Chevy Bolt EV
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...
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Pocket Telephones Are Coming
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...
He made some tools
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...
Printing with PETG on the Ender 3 V2And how to go about tuning for any material
I like the Ender 3 v2 printer for many reasons. It is relatively affordable as a first printer and setup is a breeze from unboxing to trying out one’s first 3D print. It has...
iPad Pro Pencil Clip
The other evening we were on the rear deck and I picked up my iPad Pro and accidentally knocked the Pencil from the magnetic mount on the side of it. The $130 Pencil fell...
Facebook’s auto-censoring and the Oversight Board appeal pushing me off the platform for good
My Facebook account was put on restricted access because of the most absurd reason, detailed below. It has to do with Facebook’s implementation of an automated artificial intelligence-based approach to censoring content they deem...
There is no mystery to Santa Fe’s famous spiral staircase
One of the biggest legends told in the Santa Fe area is that of the “miraculous spiral staircase” ascending to the choir loft at the Loretto Chapel. The legend that began in the early...
3D Printing with wood fiber PLA
As a woodworker, I like the idea of being able to print with wood fiber embedded filament. A few of the YouTube videos I have watched on the subject have been very creative, notably...
US Tornadoes 1950-2019: A look at what the data may be telling us
A few years back, I was teaching Python to a group of high school students and they wanted to use their newly developed skills with the Matplotlib package to see if climate change was...
The Futurescope — Looking into the world of Tomorrow
I have long been a fan of Futurology, a term that to me encompasses the collection and examination of writings, mixed-media, and other works of art that depict how life will be in the...
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