Brace for 2026: a world where money’s just paper, and survival hinges on food, water, and grit. Oh, sure, the prelims are already underway, But remember this is all foretalk before foreshock. Later, as Iran-Israel clashes, Putin’s rage, and Ukraine’s nuclear risks collide with solar flares and fentanyl-laced groceries, global harvests could plummet 30%, starving … Read More
With our Presidents Day activities (getting a scalar prototype out the door this week_) most of today will be devoted to work in Ure’s Old Man Lab. I don’t talk about it much – people’s eyes tend to glaze over, but it’s a very well-appointed place to hang out and do work on the fringe-stuff … Read More
You’ll remember that in the 1980s, I was senior VP of a regional Caribbean jet airline? We had a saying back then – and worth remembering today – that “Crashes come in Two’s and Three’s.” (Mostly threes.) That matters because of a tragic accident in the skies over D.C. early today: American air plane collides … Read More
Legal Scholars will have their hands full: As a final insult to America on his way out the door, Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, and members of the Jan. 6 committee | AP News. We aren’t sure this is legal because crimes have not been charged. So we put the question to A.I. Yes, a president … Read More
I am, as you might have guessed, not your typical “cranky old man in the woods.” Most old men in the woods don’t have a bunny for a honey, go shooting on their range regularly, surround themselves with wireless PTZ solar webcams, play at high speed Morse on the ham radio, or cobble up new … Read More
With our house guest due here in about 12 hours, we are going through the last-minute detailing of this, that, and the other thing. Elaine keeps getting sidetracked with the feral cats and there are all these nifty “Buy Now!” emails – making it hard to get things really done. Tool Slut or Check Slut? … Read More
I suppose Fall Gardening is still on some people’s minds. The Frozen North isn’t – at least yet. And the Southern states are not all atwitter about ice storms. But, give it time. At our place, I have made a simple decision this year NOT to fire up the greenhouse heater system (Chinese diesel 8 … Read More
There are six topics to go over in lieu of a project report this week. More insight into why Urban will become paywalled, idiocy of Daylight, ER Roulette, D’Lynn’s “Thinking Sandwich”, radiation monitoring plans, and one other topic (or I just can’t count). Daylight Time Stupidity Ask people with serious sight impairment what they think … Read More
This is (kind of) a How-To on Hydroponics. You remember my mentioning that I’m building “workstations” for senior living, right? How cool it would be if you could have everything right at hand to make indoor growing a treat instead of a chore? But water indoors is problematic. So this is also about Designing and … Read More
HDNBW with a side of Fatal Distractions? This is a dandy time to discuss the value of broad perspectives and the importance of generalization skills. Because for most of us, the coming couple of weeks will bring the culmination of many long-chain event sequences that none of us will have any influence over. So best … Read More
In keeping with our focus on Long Wave Economics – that, along with prepping for anything goes being the cornerstones of this site – let’s begin with a Big Long Term view because it is very important. As explained in our Peoplenomics.com ChartPack Wednesday, its hard to deny that we’re in a financial bubble the likes of … Read More
Boy, this is turning into a simple column to write: The “Waitstate Weekend” from our Peoplenomics.com report Saturday morning has been exended. And judging by what’s on the news budget for the day, not much change seems likely. On the economics side, our wildly over-leveraged long-expiration put options are likely to bounce back a bit … Read More
Most of the projects out here are pretty interesting and there’s a lot to be learned by studying them. Like the small (8X8) deck project that wound up this week with the completion of the railings. As wife (and OSHA site inspector) Elaine puts it “Adds to the house and it doesn’t look so much … Read More