ShopTalk: Redundant Solar, Specialty Crew Mindset

A number of Peoplenomics subscribers (and a few others) have made a personal investment in auxiliary solar systems  for their home.  Although, it makes the power industry a bit crazy:  Home solar’s contribution to the grid is an algorithmic demand management nightmare. Take our place, for example:  With an existing 3.5 kw of power from … Read More

ShopTalk Sat: Solar Install, BBQ Recyle

The Work Never Stops One of the things, we’re convinced, that causes dying is “stopping living.” So on holiday weekends – when a lot of people put their feet up, drink too much and load on the lard – we keep ourselves busy.  Big property, big projects.  But not without the goal in mind of … Read More

BBQ Review, Tree-Shooting, and the $50 Saw Project

Yes, Better BBQ! I promised a while back that I would write a review as soon as we got the new infrared BBQ rolling and I got some steaks under my belt.  (By the look of it, there’s a lot more than one there, already!) As you can see, the Master Chef snapped this after … Read More

Sunday Woo-Woo: Dreamwork Payday

Short story time.  Fiction?  You decide… By now, most of our readers know I am a huge fan dream research and I’ve been doing copious amounts of personal “dreamwork.” My book on topic (“Psychocartography: Mapping the Human Dream”) has managed to become one of the least-read books on Kindle. Yet I persist in the work.  … Read More

Talent? A Contradition in the Bible

Before my surgery this week, I did a lot of research and study of old technology including that found in the Bible –  research that has been ongoing for some time – in an effort to reverse-engineer some practical healing  technology My friend, Chris Tyreman (of The Chronicle Project) did a tremendous amount of work … Read More

Prepping: Life in the Fix-It Shop

While the long-pending breakdown of modern society has not yet arrived, we have to wonder what we’ll “do for a living” when it does? There are any number of choices, obviously: There will be a lot of openings for contract “musicle” to make sure that people who bother you are reprimanded even if “police” will … Read More

Woo-Woo: Beyond the “Light Crown” Project

One of our readers recently had a dandy idea…one I’ve had before, but have just never gotten around to doing anything with… Why not make an “updated tech” version of the breastplate worn in the Bible? Grand idea.  It shouldn’t be too hard. To understand where this is going, you first need to understand that … Read More

Coping: Android Pets

Elaine finally decoded our “Great Topic” note for today’s report. As explained Monday, the note didn’t make much sense Monday, but after several hours thinking back on it, things came into focus for Elaine. We’re planning to come out with a new kind of “Android Pet.” (Continues below)   The idea is simple:  Our forthcoming Android Pet will … Read More