Figures lie and liars figure
Most of us frequently read mainstream media “science news” articles that make startling assertions about this or that. And, with very few exceptions, the assertions made in those articles are not...
View ArticleMonday, 4 June 2012
08:00 – We made up 120 packets each of various OTC medications for the forensics kits yesterday. Things like acetaminophen, aspirin, diphenhydramine, and so on. They’re used as proxies for illegal...
View ArticleMonday, 25 June 2012
07:49 – The Roku box is happy with its new hard-wired Ethernet connection, and our Netflix streaming is working again. It’ll be interesting to see if the wired Ethernet connection prevents the...
View ArticleMonday, 10 November 2014
09:11 – The mainstream media are finally starting to notice what I’ve been talking about for 20 years. Ten million jobs at risk from advancing technology: Up to 35pc of Britain’s jobs will be...
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Fri. June 1, 2018 – summer and hurricane season are here…
A bit warmer today, with 79F and 87%RH this morning. Clear blue skies and sunny. Ah, summer. Hurricane season is kicking off here in the Gulf Region (I know, RBT, I know), so it’s time to ramp up the...
View ArticleSat. June 13, 2020 -Friday the 13th falls on a Saturday this month
Warm moving to hot, decent moving to ‘too humid to breathe’. Yesterday was a bit cooler than average and a bit drier too. The shade with a breeze was quite comfortable. Swim team eats up my mornings....
View ArticleWed. Aug. 26, 2020 – well, better get ready
Hot and humid. Sweaty like a fat guy’s thighs. I did move some stuff from the house to storage yesterday. Not enough. Not nearly enough. I’ve got so much loose stuff laying around that I can only...
View ArticleThur. Oct. 29, 2020 – getting so close I can taste the candy
Cold. Damp. Winter in Houston. Tuesday it was high 40s most of the day, with overcast and misty drizzle. The sun did come out briefly in the late afternoon. I turned on the heat for the first time...
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Mon. Mar. 15, 2021 – Beware! Beware poets and prognosticators
and the Ides of March…. Cooler and wet. Probably. Maybe. No one really knows. Yesterday stayed overcast and drizzly all day. The temp dropped too, down to 58F at one point, although it was 59F...
View ArticleTues. Mar. 16, 2021 – day 367 of my captivity… not my favorite thing
Cool and wet again. Or still. But yeah, not awesome out. Like yesterday, which was overcast for most of the day, with occasional drizzle. Got the kids off their screens for an hour or so and...
View ArticleWed. Mar. 24, 2021 – nothing to see, move along
Cool and hopefully dry. Yesterday actually got nice at my house, although other parts of Houston got a good soaking. I was pretty well sidelined by my continuing knee issue yesterday. And I had some...
View ArticleFri. Mar. 26, 2021 – weird used to intrigue me, not so much anymore…
Pleasant and cool, with sun and a breeze. A lot like yesterday once the overcast blew out. Spent the whole day indoors. Kept plugging away at stuff in my office, and getting stuff ready for the...
View ArticleThur. June 3, 2021 – these short weeks confuse my sense of time
Wednesday stayed nice all day. We were on the edge of the forecast storm area and once again missed it. Even openweathermap.org had us getting rain around 4pm… and they were both right and wrong....
View ArticleSat. Nov. 20, 2021 – ow, that hurts!
But not bad enough to stop… Cool and clear. Nice day like yesterday, although everyone thought it was a bit too chilly yesterday. I fought with routers, software, hardware and other networking gear. I...
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