News from the Northwoods

This blog posts about aviation, automobiles, electronics, programming, politics and such other subjects as catch my interest. The blog is based in northern New Hampshire, USA

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Read the Fine Print

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The makers of heat 'n eats are beginning to abandon "conventional oven" and make their products microwave only. I now read th...

Chinese Navy invited to join Pacific exercise.

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The US Navy invited China to participate in "Rim of Pacific" (RimPac) naval exercise this month. This is an international deal, w...

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr 2009

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Somehow I missed this one when it was in theaters. Netflix brought it to me last night. Medium good. Conan Doyle's original Sherlock ...

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Missiling airliners

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Aviation Week shows a photograph of a big piece of aircraft skin, well peppered with shrapnel holes, taken at the Ukrainian crash site. Cle...

Monday, July 28, 2014

Want a Cease Fire? Stop launching rockets.

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Bombarding the national territory, whether with tube artillery or rockets, is an act of war. Has been since the invention of gunpowder. Wh...

Sunday, July 27, 2014

College Majors

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Personally I didn't have a clue back when I was doing college. I was lucky enough to be able to go back to college, after a hitch in th...

Friday, July 25, 2014

Electricity for homeowners

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Just a few bits of wisdom picked up over the years. Understand, electricity can be dangerous, can burn your house down, so if you have any ...

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