Monday, July 29, 2013

Driving a Tesla

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I got to drive a friend's Tesla this evening.  Actually, it wasn't even his Tesla; his Tesla was in the shop for some buffing / deta...
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Pandora's Promise - A Critical Review

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Like a lot of other nuclear engineers, I went to see Pandora's Promise last night.  It's a documentary about the benefits of nuclea...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Beat the Heat with a Cheap, Indestructible Water Table

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A  pretty severe heat wave is gripping most of the east coast about now.  With the help of some other internet sites, I modified a design f...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

A Bad Credit Card Deal

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I got a notice in my inbox today from one of the credit cards I hold.  It was advertising the special deals they have with some vendors: ...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Cheap Gas

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A confluence of things happened today that resulted in my filling up my tank for $2.12 per gallon: An area with cheap gas to begin with...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Solid State Hard Drives, and 15 year old memories

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About two weeks ago, I installed a solid state hard drive in my computer -- a SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB that I got on super sale for $85 -- p...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Feeling Old in the Digital Age

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When I went to college, email was still a relatively new and novel phenomenon.  People's primary method of getting onto the internet con...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

North Korean Nuclear Test, in plain English

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The fact that the North Koreans have tested their third nuclear device has been widely reported , but I haven't seen much scientific ...
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