I recently spent a couple weeks on my first trip to the Netherlands, and thought I would share some random observations. I spent a week in Einhoven, a couple days in Delft, and a few days in Haarlem, and I feel I got an interesting immersion into Dutch culture. The Netherlands wasn’t at the tops […]
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I was in a discussion with a family member who was heading for vacation, and he asked me if I had any reading recommendations. Most years I rarely get through more than a book or two, but this year for some reason I plowed through a bunch of books. I typically read histories and biographies, […]
A while back, I saw a tweet from Elon Musk recommending the reading of the book ‘The Machine Stopped’, and was curious as I thought I was somewhat up on historical science fiction. You can access a public domain copy of the book here: http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html Considering this book was written in 1909, the vision of the […]
I know America doesn’t have the money to waste on art projects (we need to keep adding to that defense budget) – but Iceland is providing a great example of alternative ways of spending money other than on a bloated defense budget. Take an existing eyesore, add some ingenuity, and you get a piece of […]
I had chance to pull the stats from the solar panels I installed in mid-January 2015 (more details here) – and there is some good news and bad news. The good news: My total power production for the year (from mid-January on) was 4005.5 kilowatts. We had a pretty optimal year for solar – […]
I will admit I hadn’t tied the whole Russell Wilson contract negotiations and this baseball sideline thing until I read this article about baseball not being a ‘ploy’. This is setting up to be an interesting face-off between the Seattle Seahawks and Wilson. Wilson goes into the 2015 season in the last year of his rookie […]
I was amused when I saw the ‘curious’ call in the Dallas – Detroit NFL playoff game that has garnered so much attention. It seems to me faceguarding a player is one of the standard pass interference calls to be made, and this looked like a textbook example. So it was odd that even after […]
Its been a year since I reduced my work schedule in order to pursue stuff I never get around to doing. Over the years I have been falling behind on just about everything – from house projects to learning about new technologies. When I first made the decision to reduce my weekly work commitments, I […]
The results from the NFL Draft are in – and Michael Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 7th round – the latest of any player who received SEC Defensive player of the year honors. However, Michael Sam was named co-defensive player of the year, so maybe that could be used to […]
With the NFL Draft coming up next week, I got to wondering about where Michael Sam will get drafted. As you may recall, he is the first NFL Draft prospect to announce he is gay. Michael Sam had a great Senior year in football, and won the title of the co-SEC Defensive player of the […]