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The wind is down and I'm charging batteries to catch a few model aircraft flights this morning. The batteries I use are lithium polymer or Li-Po for short. They develop lots of power for a short time, so I have several when I go flying. It's import

Building a hospital in 10 days...

I've seen video from China with a dozen or so tractors and earth moving equipment running around the clock and scheduled to build a hospital in 10 days. I keep thinking dog and pony show. Were the plans already made for a soon to open project? Land a

DRONEon episode 8...

The subject is Obstacle avoidance. I was reminded about this feature as the Kobe Bryant crash on Sunday January 26 killed all nine aboard a Sikorsky S-76B aircraft. If I had to do a quick list of advances in consumer drones, I would split them in

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hi! hope this reached you in a good condition. lol. so i wrote this to ask if it is possible to edit or change my username. i’ve looked but didn’t see any option that i can. i have resolved to think that it isn’t possible but my persistent self said

A little common sense sure helps

My home has a modern high efficiency furnace only a few years old and of course troubles so being the diy i am I made a go at it after studying the things sensors for flame on vacuum on excessive heat induction motor the condensation hoses from the h

Fossil fuel fed electric power plants....

....ending their heyday?....Some (academic--so likely alt liberally biased-VERY biased) researchers claim that the costs of these operations will now be much greater than for renewable technical sources. Into the hundreds of billions of USD. Even tal

Networks, and network theory....

....links and nodes... Sure, concepts such as like sorts with like (homophily), contagion and resilience, she who has tends to beget more, falsehoods spread faster than truths, etc., are with us. But here's the surprise, they have always been. They u

HTTP Error 503.2 - Service Unavailable...

Now that millions of people are home under lockdown, it's safe to say the internet is on bandwidth overload. Many sites cannot handle the amount of increased traffic. I heard (on local radio) some streaming services (like Netflix) will be limiting/re

Google Maps...

We've grown to rely of Google for everything... well, mostly everything. I'm trying to resist as Google is invasive to the Nth degree. If I have an addiction, it's using Google Maps. For years, it's been part of my job to research addresses of my sal

HE washer? I'm a frayed again...

The condo I bought had an old washer & dryer. I didn't expect them to last long and I was right. Small capacity, they actually worked well, but they were too small to handle 10 bath towels in a load or a medium weight comforter. A few months ago, th

3D Pen...

You've probably heard of 3D printing where a filament of heated plastic is extruded to build up layers creating dimensional objects. Yes? They are used to create toys, mechanical gears, tools and medical supplies such as prosthetic body parts. In

Helium and beryllium- strategic elements.

The USA has most of these, as other places have concentrations of their own substances. Google these two, for their many essential uses. What a stupid blog, Vierk.

Safe mode

My desktop computer goes through phases of hanging or buffering for literally minutes on end, but not all the time. It starts, usually, about 10 minutes after I boot up, and lasts up to an hour - lately it has started doing it around 8 pm for, again,

SpaceX scheduled to launch 60 satellites today...

Today at 3:30 PM EDT (12:30 PM PDT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, with live stream expected to kick off around 3:15 minutes prior, SpaceX is putting 60 broadband satellites into orbit as part of their Starlink service to a total of 418 satellites m

Life before the Internet

This is for young people who weren't around when there was no such thing as online anything. The personal computer wasn't even invented yet. Oh, there were computers, but you needed a forklift to move them and a college degree to be allowed near on

Converting songs and things to metric...

America made a poor attempt to convert to metric in the 1970's and with the exception of tools and some engineered products, we switched back to the imperial system learned from England. Last time I checked, America, Liberia and Myanmar were the onl

Batteries...

Too often batteries are the issue in things needing to be replaced. Years ago, I had cellphones that the user could change out a battery when it no longer would hold a charge. Cellphones now are sealed to be dust and water resistant. They require the

International short wave stations...

Still many broadcasting to many (developing) parts of the world. In dozens of languages. The cutbacks, with the internet, seem greatest in Europe and North Merka. But the (FINALLY) rising sun spot cycle index, making for improvements in reception and

Hot Wheels...

Earlier this week, I read a story about looters in California who broke into a car dealership and stole luxury and sports cars worth millions of dollars. Tonight, it appears it's happening again. Storefront windows are smashed, locked key boxes are b

Brunelleschi's Dome

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brunelleschi%27s+dome%2c+nova&&view=detail&mid=E8E5A6372A34CB1BD043E8E5A6372A34CB1BD043&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbrunelleschi%2527s%2Bdome%252c%2Bnova%26FORM%3DHDRSC3 Info junkie stuff, pretty

Advertising -Over-handed & desperate.

WOW...Connecting Singles is a "used to be thing". When someone has to maneuver reading or reply & try to put it somewhere to have it read. I think it is highly overdone when the the site seems desperate to claim such huge ads. Are they broke??

well... duh!!

I try to backup my cellphone to a computer once a month. Since it's running an Android O/S on a Samsung, gmail handles all my contacts, data and apps. If my phone were lost/stolen most of the data can be restored. The exception is if the thief decide

Receiving "Likes" here on CS.....

I am quite thankful for the real ones I get. But many come in without photos, and in black and white, and never seem to really exist. Not being a cyber hero, can't figure it all out. But seem like scammers.

Going down on me in the middle of the night...

I scanned an old photo to send to my brother last night and my computer wasn't connecting to the email server. I tried to access the main website and it too appeared to be offline. They sent messages a few days ago about upgrading to an entirely new

To 5G or not to 5G...

I'm thinking about a phone upgrade this year and the model I want is around $1,000. Scary thought to pay so much for a phone, but there's an interface that connects it to a monitor, mouse and keyboard creating a desktop environment. That way, you don

Pc / Laptop / Tablet / CellPhone

We are in a New Technology world: Just about everything is possible with communications across the world, being a millisecond away: You are totally dependant on a bank card, and many more cards. Money has just about landed in a museum... To c

cellphone cords with the ability to hack...

I read a story today that people who charge their cellphones in public places are at a high risk of being hacked... especially if the charging cord or charging adapter isn't theirs. Hackers have found a way to manufacture iPhone charging cords wit

Right now, I'm grateful, here on my knees, and not in front of any burning bush.

But the word is finally in, at the "too much money and time on hands" Consumers' Delectronics "group f-ck convention" in LV Nevada. Thank the Goddess, we now have an AI frying pan.That's right peebles. It not only listens and speaks to us, but can g

OK, all you astute CS bloggers.....

....As hinted at, here it is. We all have to thank the founders of this great CS service for making our lives better in lots of ways. And doing so without the shameless direct money grubbing of the paid for sites. World wide coverage---with reasonabl

Under my nose...

There was a time I had control of all my tools, gadgets and hobby parts. I could switch hobbies for months and when I returned back to one everything was in places I recognize. Since my move, all the knowledge is gone. Guitar things are mixed with d

My private cell site...

I was a Sprint customer for many years and when I started working for a company that had a metal roof on their building, my phone reception (inside the building) became non-existent. Some of my coworkers were Sprint customers and would stand outside

Cracked Software...

I bought my first personal computer in 1975. It was made by Commodore and the programs had to be typed line by line and saved to a cassette. Soon after I joined a club that would send out monthly games and utilities on cassette. We didn't have intern

Spin Cycle...

One of my requirements of buying a condo is it had to have a washer & dryer within the unit. I shopped some communities where they had one laundry room at the end of the hallway serving all the occupants of that floor. That could be 10 apartments to

Cool Christmas gift...

Every year, I tell my family not to get me anything for Christmas. They all develop selective hearing loss and get me something. This year, I received a small and simple gift that I will often use. It's called GUARD YOURID.

Cellphone HELL...

With all the phones, tablets, laptops and computers I go through, I should be used to upgrades/changes by now. Last week, I took delivery on the Samsung S24 Ultra with 1 terabyte of memory. It's their flagship model that boasts a 200 megapixel camera

5G...

I'm rounding the bend with my recent episode of cellphone hell. Most of the issues with my new phone have been eliminated with setting changes and installation of apps that helped fix problems the phone didn't do in it's stock setup. One concessio

Carillon Historical Park...

On Friday, I got to visit the Carillon Historical Park, with some of the oldest buildings in the Dayton area. There were a few hundred displays of things & photos of the made here. NCR cash registers, DELCO automotive parts, Huffy bicycles, Frigidair

First ever video on Youtube

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A big change in my life...

The computer mouse is an important tool in my daily life. I've tried lots of different brands of 'mouse-like' products including trackballs, joysticks, stylus pens and touch screens. Depending on the setup there are 4 workstations in my condo plu

'Watch' this...

I estimate the percentage of iPhone users versus 'the other phone' users to be as high as 70/30 and many most of them have an apple watch to go along with their setup. The phone rings and they look at their wrist. Most of the time, you don't h