The Silicon Graybeard

In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

Special Pages

More Tales From the Over-Regulated State

"The Universal Currency is Energy"

I Hate It When You Lie Like That

I Sincerely Hope You're Storing Food

Unintended Consequences

This Week's Worry: Do Cellphones Cause Cancer?

Tales From the Over-Regulated State

Long Term Thoughts and Short Term Actions

Weiner Hacked

Strange and Bizarre Stories From the Police State

A Day of Remembrance

TSA To Oversee High School Prom??

I Come To You With A Heavy Heart

How to Oppose the BATFE Long Gun Sales Proposal

It's A Good Thing These People Weren't in Massachusetts

A Dual 1 W Laser? Set Two People on Fire at Once??

A Rabbit Foot Note

A Small, Furry Story From the Police State

"This Is Freakin' Awesome!!!"

Thoughts I Didn't Get To This Week