Yankee Ingenuity
The power substation in our town has this big transformer out back. It has had some issues with overheating on hot summer days. They’ve come up with a clever solution. Can you see it...
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This Week’s Word …
… is pentalobular. Remember: If you can’t open it, you don’t own it. – Make: Owner’s manifesto
Which Way Does Your Toilet Paper Roll?
From the Best of Wikipedia blog, here is one of the most detailed discussions you’ll ever read about one of society’s great debates. Just the References section can probably keep you busy for days.
Types of Players & Gamers
I’ve recently been reading Play by Stuart Brown. He has a section about play personalities. He lists the following eight play personality types: Joker – A joker’s play always revolves around some kind of...
Kitchen Light
Here’s that new light we were installing in the kitchen the other day. You can’t really see it very well in that picture. Here’s a close up. Isn’t it cute? It was made by...
Gone Fishin’
A couple of our Christmas presents this year involved fishing wires through the walls. First we ran ethernet cable through the cellar. We have all of the computer equipment at one end of the...
Shrimp Scampi
One of the nice things about belonging to a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) is getting exposed to things you would never try on your own. I’ve never been a big shrimp person, but when...
After the Storm
We had a big winter storm go through Sunday night. After the snow, it got really cold and windy. This morning the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. The wind had...
