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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Cool Idea - Implementation? Meh

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I'd guess that as long as cheap digital calipers have been available around that most people who play around in the shop (wood, metal, ...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Remember the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Fires?

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It's looking like it was Samsung's fault and not the battery suppliers.  Samsung mishandled the battery. In retrospect, it has looke...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Tales From the Over Regulated State # 23 - Watch What You Eat

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No, that doesn't mean, " You should watch what you eat" it's " They watch what you eat". Perhaps we can get ...
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Monday, January 9, 2017

A Handy Guide to CNC Machining, Mold Making, and Resin Casting

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I had one of those unexpected repair/upkeep jobs pop up today that kept me from thinking too much about blogging, but as luck would have it,...
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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Precisely Speaking

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For much of my career, I lived by the saying that if you ask the wrong question you'll get the wrong answer.  By that I mean that it won...
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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Odds and Ends

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Is it too soon to talk about Rogue One ?  We went to see that last week, and really enjoyed it.  I notice nobody is talking about a couple o...
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Friday, January 6, 2017

Obama Leaving Traps for Trump

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In the roundabout way of getting there, Irish linked to Instapundit who linked to the Washington Examiner .  The unnamed author writes: ...
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Obama's Fundamental Transformation of Israel and the Mideast

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Much has been said and much ink has been spilled about the US not preventing UN resolution 2334 condemning Israel from passing 10 days ago. ...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Off To A Busy Start for Florida Gun Legislation

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Courtesy of our friends at Florida Carry, we learn that the first bills of the new legislative session have already been filed .  The one th...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Oil Fittings Are Fitting

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As a followup to my post from Thursday about plumbing the oiling system for my G0704, there was a discussion about getting a good tap local...
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Monday, January 2, 2017

I Was Thinking About Substitute Teaching

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Thinking about it.  I mean, before retirement I looked at spending the day doing math modeling as "they pay me for this?"  But pu...
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Sunday, January 1, 2017

New Year, New Changes

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Happy New Year, everyone.  I hope your New Year's Eve went as well as you wanted, and you've had a good day.   Things obviously lo...
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Saturday, December 31, 2016

New Year's Eve 2017

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It was a busy day here as we had a house repair that had to be done, and something we wanted to get done.  Since it's a holiday, I'l...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Are These The Thinnest Wires Physically Possible?

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That's what the folks at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) are saying.  This week's EE Times picks up the story.  SLA...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Plumbing Proceeds Apace

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As long as that pace includes zero.  (Ever notice I like to use alliteration if I can find one?) When I last talked about the big CNC con...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Have The Tea Party's Killers Hit the Gunnies, Too?

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Last August, I wrote a piece on how the Tea Party was killed off .  In brief, they were killed off by professional fund raisers and politica...
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Carrie Fisher

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What is it about movies and the entertainment world that makes you feel like you know someone, like you're connected to them, just beca...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Sharyl Attkisson on "Fake News"

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Within in the last several days, Sharyl Attkisson was interviewed for the WND News on the emergence of the hype over "fake news"....
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Monday, December 26, 2016

A Good Rule of Thumb for Old Graybeards and Young Shavers

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Always keep this in the back of your mind: "everything you know is wrong".  Once you say that, know that it's an overstatement...
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