Whew!  A looong-ass weekend of programming and writing for  Peoplenomics, the new Ultra-Make.com site, and even doing a few tweaks here like that fancy Accessibility/Font-Sizer over at the top of the right column over this way somewhere >>> A great weekend, nevertheless featuring (*don’t mean to go on endlessly, but the projects done list is … Read More

Had an interesting reader note come in:  Basically asked if I could please do an article on communications (for the SHTF scenarios) that would be simple and no “diode this” and “Morse that…”  Yup, guilty as charged.  Why, if I got a dollar for everytime someone said “Ask George what time it is and he’s … Read More

Turns out (surprising even me) that the final chapter of our “100-Year Toaster” book is not only a radical manufacturing idea, but a full-on website and business model, as well.  Who would have suspected? Our “big project” for 2020 is to release a new kind of business model into the wild. Today, we take the … Read More

I don’t know if this is really a “woo-woo” topic, an extension of what will be on  Peoplenomics tomorrow, where we talk about grassroots dispersed manufacturing (as a disruptive technology)… Or, whether it’s another chapter in my book  Psychocartography. However it arises, the  topic du jour today is  fear. Let’s begin with who we are: Maybe … Read More

“F-CSI”  Financial Crime Scene Investigations Many actives scenes this morning, starting  overseas where a top Iranian general has been killed in a surgical strike on the airport in Baghdad, Iraq. Yep.  Off-sides and planning additional attacks on the U.S. interests (and embassies) in the Middle East, the NY Times report on the drone attack is … Read More

A lot of the news media, are showing their bias against president Trump AND at the same time, carrying the water for the Digital Uprising – which moves us closer than ever to Digital Mob Rule. A short exposition of the headlines – the facts – and how to apply logic and 20-seconds of research … Read More

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For subscribers, click over to: https://peoplenomics.com/inside/pod1.mp3 For logon issues, see the Subscriber Help sections on the Peoplenomics site. If you’re not a subscribers…why is that? Happy New Years from the East Texas Outback… George, Elaine, and the cats (Zeus wants a mention, damn cat…)

Just out  Housing numbers: YEAR-OVER-YEAR  The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 3.3% annual gain in October, up from 3.2% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 1.7%, up from 1.5% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted … Read More

Some 2019 restrospective in the first section this morning.  But, if time is short for you, skip down to “Today’s Real News” – a big headline and you can’t miss it. New post around 8:15 with the Housing data, so check back. We’ll serve-up this morning’s “rasher of news and comment” but first, a few … Read More

If this was a sci-fi flick, rather than (nominal) “real life” someone would say “Aye, sensors on full, extended- range, Captain …” We have no idea, of course, where the next financial photon torpedo will come from.  Although launch sites in Hungary, North Korea, China, and Brussels are all suspect. We do have a handful … Read More

Since we’ve been writing about “UrbanSurvival” long before any of the “Johnny-come-lately’s” on the web (starting in ’98), our views on what’s “adequate prepping” have moderated a bit, over time. Here are the simplest, cheapest, and best ways we can think of to increase your personal preparedness in 2020. Spend $10-bucks a person on bottled … Read More

Even  approaching 71, no shortage of learning to do – much of it involuntarily.  Life keeps changing and one needs to “keep ahead of it.” An interesting example is the growing complexity of DAW (digital audio workstation) software.  Occasioned by our upcoming first Peoplenomics Podcast which is estimated to be out New Years Eve. Fortunately, … Read More