Baby gate conundrum
Sometimes I look back on something I bought a few years ago and ask myself "why?" But today I hit a mental block that stumped both myself and my wife-…
This did not age well
Irene and I went to see Bill Cosby back in 2007. We enjoyed him, and I had a number of complimentary things to say about his performance. A link to…
Entropy
Entropy is a scientific term that represents the concept that systems generally degrade without effort from order to chaos over time. A broken plate breaks easily without any real thought,…
Real tragedy of DoorDash Grandma
Trump got a delivery of fast food last week and it has been talked about in the news. The short story: it was a PR stunt to promote Trump's reduction…
Power of Three: my trike gets a custom plate
In 2025 I had a custom Harley Road Glide trike built. I still haven't written about that in my other blog, Geek on a Harley- one day that too will…
Manosphere: making bank off of being a dick
I read an article today in Wired about the creation of the "Inside the Manosphere" documentary on Netflix. I may have to watch the actual documentary now as the article…
Automatic Linux upgrades
This blog runs on a small box (an Intel NUC) sitting in my basement using Fedora Core Linux. I have regularly forgotten this box in terms of maintenance for as…
Weird Kootenay winter
We are entering the spring season here in the Kootenays, a time when the weather is supposed to be somewhat unpredictable. But this year our whole winter has been kind…
Check engine light
My truck produced a lovely indicator a few weeks ago showing a picture of what could be interpreted as an engine. In this context, this indicator is know as the…
A spa in the snow
Irene and I enjoy our spa pretty much daily. In the winter time at least it is lovely to walk across from our bedroom and jump into the pool, letting…