CaliFires: Someone of a conspiratorial mind-set might look at the unfolding disaster in the NorCal area and wonder if some evil force is behind the fires of late? In the latest, there’s part of I-80 closed near Vallejo, but worse, power blackouts threaten nearly a million as what should be a workweek rolls around. As … Read More
Know any fashion designers? Want to make a million dollars and/or be nominated for a Nobel? Well, read on… I’ve been thinking about a new coat design. Yes, that’s right, “Mr. Has Everything” ready does – including an Ocean ATX Kevlar-reinforced offshore sailing jacket. The kind going for almost $1-kilobuck these days; bought turning my … Read More
Been a while since I shared a “woo-woo” with you. Believe me, it’s not for a lack of material. That happens on an almost daily basis. Take Friday, for example. I needed a picture of piece of test equipment for the (now scheduled Wednesday) article on my “timer machine” build. So I grabbed a 16 … Read More
With all the attention in media to “fake news” we present a short course in sorting “wheat from chaff” today. Since I’ve got 50-years of reporting under my belt, I’ve been looking for a way to teach anyone – in a matter of minutes – to sort “real news” from fake. Surprisingly, this is one … Read More
Back in 2012, as an extension of work on our Peoplenomics.com subscriber site, I took a look at the future of the Internet. The result was my book “Broken Web The Coming Collapse of the Internet.” As normal (for me), since I tend to “live 10-years in the future” on strategic issues, I’m turning out to … Read More
Say. We’re going to have a nice short Ure-view of the world this morning for three reasons. I’m working on a bear of a software problem. The market is still lollygagging around that resistance line but may bust above it today. And the news flow today is equaled only by a sewage treatment center’s outflow. … Read More
Bad news: The end of the world may not come with a bang, but instead with a whimper. Looking at the general “flow of life” from the long-term perspective of a 70-something, there are disconcerting signs popping up all over. Yet few are able to put it into words. So we’ll take up that mantle … Read More
I don’t make many claims of “wisdom” but more than 25 years ago, when I was finishing degree work (academic, not Masonic, lol) it vexed me no end that there was so much “painting of the tape” going on. One index would veer higher (or lower) while not much else changed. In other words, there … Read More
With the power coming back on at 4:30 AM (and our thanks to the line crews of Trinity Valley Electric Co-op), many more pieces were added to Wednesday’s upcoming Peoplenomics report. A short sketch of it is in order, because it bears heavily on present times. My thesis is the world stands on the edge … Read More
We are under a tornado watch here in the East Texas Outback at this hour (3:40 AM). And with the lights off, the winds howling, and on our backup power systems (with sat comms down due to high cloud and precip densities) we are down to bare-minimums today. Could be a while coming back, too. … Read More
Some “way out” thinking is in order. Basics first: Do you have, every moment of every day, an “instant escape plan” in mind? If not, it may be time to at least begin mapping a personal remediation plan for this deficiency. Classes of Escape Plans: At one level, you need such plans for land, air, … Read More
Lab notes today on some of our “further-out” thinking. Including oddities like the study of local earth currents and “earth batteries.” Where does over-unity fit? While there has been “buzz” around the internet for years about coming “new electrics” with much energy (and hype) focused on things like the over-unity motor quest, I think there … Read More
Overs the years, I have gotten a ton of questions about the UrbanSurvival and Peoplenomics.com websites. One of the most common is “How does one go about building a good quality website?” It is not particularly difficult, but before we delve into it, let’s make sure it’s the right move for you. Website ownership is … Read More