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But that won’t change any minds

"South Park" is no more. Long live "South America."

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Bobby Kogan and Jared Bernstein’s new report for the Center for American Progress, on  “Why the National Debt Matters More than It Used to …”, does not cite my 2011...more

After decades living in the East Village of Manhattan, Edward Arrocha is adapting to aging in the city alongside his Chihuahua sidekick, Tiny Girl.

If you’ve read anything hereabouts you likely know that I make significant use of Ubiquiti’s Unifi network gear. I started with their Wi-Fi Access points many years ago, eventually adopting a few o…

Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.

It is my stated intention to see more live music. Most especially those artists who, like me, are getting older, and may not be touring for much longer. I came to this decision when Rush announced …

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from my use of Home Assistant it’s that data is addictive. In creating a strategy for whole home backup power, I selected the Shelly 3EM as a tool to track ho…

Late the other afternoon we had a thunderstorm come through. Tis the season hereabouts. The wind picked up, pushing in dark clouds. The sky darkened quickly. Then the Unifi app on my Pixel 8 pinged…

I recently received an email notification of pending changes to my Evernote account. They tell me that my existing “Pro” account (most recently billed at $138.57/yr) will soon transition to their n…

On July 17, 1902, the man who invented air conditioning - Willis Carrier - established an industry that would redefine how we live, work and play.

The DOJ appears to be quietly scrapping its typical “command center” that would monitor Election Day emergencies.

What does the future of the Internet look like? What do we need to do differently? What could we do to bring about the Internet we want? What should we be concerned about with, for instance, the ma…

It was two years ago, after the crazy derecho and Hurricane Beryl that I did a deep dive into an affordable approach to whole home backup power. That effort documented our own strategy, which invol…

Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.

Apologies for the lengthy preamble. Back in 2001 when we moved into this house we started with Comcast cable modem internet access that delivered 5/1 mbps. We were committed to Comcast for cable TV…

The FCC made big news last month when it move to ban consumer routers made overseas. This got me thinking about consumer routers in general, and recalling back to when reliable Wi-Fi was something …

Well, that was fun! I’m pleased to report a resonable turnout of people interested in the subject matter of last night’s webinar. We had about 20 people join the presentation live. Furt…

The Department of Justice Is Dead; Long Live The Department of Trump

Duromax continues to lead the market for large, portable inverters. After launching a 16 kW model last year, they have recently introduced a portable inverter that delivers a whopping 28 kW (starti…

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I shall try not to drone on about the passing of my trusty Airtop-PC. Suffice it to say, it’s truly dead now so I must move on. I’ve tried the laptop-as-a-desktop thing, and while it’s a good stop-…

This week started in a most inauspicious manner. Monday morning, as we were getting ready for the day, we discovered that the kitchen drain was clogged. Thinking that I had to get to work, Stella s…