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

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Game of Thrones, Season 6

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I'm three DVDs into it and it loosing its cool for me. The TV miniseries has run off the end of the George R.R. Martin books, which ar...

Monday, February 27, 2017

The news, All Trump, all the time

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Fox News and the Wall St Journal cover Trump every day, all day. Nothing else in the whole wide world gets any coverage. And most of the T...

Words of the Weasel Part 48

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"Substance" as in "substance abuse". Used by snowflakes who shrink from calling them druggies or drunkards. If you can...

Sunday, February 26, 2017

What's with all this Russia talk by TV newsies?

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First they make a big deal about the Russians hacking the DNC and releasing some embarrassing emails to WikiLeaks. Then they have a field d...

How long do curly bulbs last, really?

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The traditional incandescent bulbs claim a 800-1000 hour life. That's the best compromise between light per watt hour and bulb life. T...

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Clean Energy's Dirty Secret

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Cover story of this week's Economist magazine. Comes with a cute graphic cover. The secret? Between heavy subsidies and falling cost...

Friday, February 24, 2017

Combat Readiness

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No military unit is ever 100% combat ready. Troops will be taking leave, some weapons will be out of commission, there are always some shor...

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