Not Blogging, More Playing

Man, whatever happened to just lighting farts? In the same breath I say “Poor kid” and “Geez that was stupid”.

Wisconsin Teen Suffers Severe Burns in ‘Blowtorch Game’
Monday, May 12, 2008
MANITOWOC, Wis. — A 14-year-old boy suffered burns to more than a quarter of his body after playing [...]

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Under the Weather This Weekend & A New Electronic Entity

Sorry about no new posts…thinking something to do with Imitrex has made me pretty sick and I haven’t even felt like getting up, much less post anything.
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Ok, to hell with that earlier whining. Here’s something you nerds ought to enjoy. I settled for an associate’s level in electronics, preferring to focus on optics/physics, [...]

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MORE USB Stuff That Exists, But Probably Shouldn’t…

I sense that there is some love of things USB. Ok, the grill was OTT (Over The Top, and as it turns out, thanks to a vigilant reader… BOGUS) Now look at what can be found in the nether regions of the web. And I’m not just talking anywhere, we’re talking nether [...]

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Techno-Babble - X-treme Geek Rocks.

Quick Update:
It’s getting pretty bad when your ENEMIES give you the silent treatment (rolls eyes). Poor poor bitchy Hillary… What’s a witch gotta do to get treated like a queen around here?
X-treme Geek has once again earned hosannas in my humble (but still really really important) opinion.
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It’s the X-treme Geek USB Forklift!!!
RC [...]

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The Promised Post - Knives

Some love guns (I do), some love Afghan Hounds (I don’t), some love fine cheeses (I do), some love shows about interior decorating (I don’t) and some love knives and swords (I do I do I do). You’ll probably notice at some point that I love the tanto style blade. Not apologetic for [...]

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Space Exploration Fueled by Killing Trees (cool)

Japanese Scientists, Origami Masters Hope to Launch Paper Airplane From Space
Yeah, too cool.
Right up until you read that there is no way to prove a damn thing because they can’t track it.
Oh.
Well why the hell didn’t you just take the money and go find the best sushi house in the country and invite the neighborhood? [...]

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Open Mouth, Insert Foot. Feet. Lots of feet.

In the “Ginormous Understatement of the Decade” Award category (Master Class), first place goes to H.R. Clinton for her gaffe referring to her courage under fire, regaling us with the tale of the First-Lady-seeking sniper (and reminding us of how she couldn’t remember a damn thing in Whitewater):

“I did make a mistake in talking about [...]

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A Bit of a Hiatus

Sorry folks. Been out for a while. Family tragedies happen and everything else has got to give. Especially blogs. I’m dedicating this to my mother, who would have loved to see some of this wild stuff in this post.
Taking it really slowly, I’m starting up again. Let’s have some fun, [...]

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Lunar Eclipse

Tonight was a lunar eclipse. What happens is described here: American Sinstitute of Physics Explanation … so I won’t go into it.
What’s cool about it is the “sunset effect” where the moon sees the same kind of reddened sky that we see when the sun is setting. But, rather than a chord [...]

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Loose Lips Sink Ships… or worse.

Read the AP article below…
1) How likely is the purpose of this to amaze/shock/awe our Chinese/Russian/Iranian/DPRK friends?
2) In WWII, did we have nearly as many “anonymous sources”, or is this a nice by-product attitude of the Boomer generation?

My point is, where are all these loose lips coming from? They are either “leaked” on purpose (information [...]

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An Exciting Day…

Well, as you may or may not know, MESSENGER passed by Mercury not too long ago.
Excitingly, the instrument I got to help put on that ride is still working. Granted, by the time enough anal-retentive people review your designs it’s got a high likelihood of surviving, but there’s still that insecure part of [...]

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