Welcome to my musings on whatever topic catches my eye, plus stories, recipes, handyman tips, welding, photography, and what have you. Oh, and analog/digital hardware design, and software. Please comment on the blog post so everyone who visits can see your comments.
Hello. I'm a retired electronic hardware, software & mechanical engineer. My hobby is making metal art. My interests range across writing, economics, politics, history, photography, fountain pens, languages, ham radio, and music. I've been writing software since 1968.
The Paradox of Tolerance: If a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. --Karl Popper
Check out Academic Earth. http://www.academicearth.org/
I’ve been wishing for this for years. Not everyone with a “Walkman” is listening to music. Some of us listen to lectures. Now it’s even better. Complete course lectures from some of the best schools, Yale, Stanford, MIT, in high quality video. Biology, physics, engineering, law, history, economics, medicine, you name it. And the collection is constantly growing.
Canoe on the Rio Dulce River, Guatemala. Click to view larger.
This blog has been kind of quiet recently because I’ve been working on the Maya Paradise web site. The whole site is getting modernized and improved. There’s lots of interesting information there.
If you are curious about it, you can find it here:
There is also an associated blog that’s connected to the site here:
http://maya-paradise.blogspot.com
Canoes on the Rio Dulce River, Guatemala. Click to view larger.
Living in the tropics, there are wonderful photo opportunities ranging from landscapes down to the microscopic. Here’s a shot of a jumping spider, Salticidae
Really? I guess Mr. Cheney has not been reading my blog and thousands of others. How come we all knew and they didn’t? Stupidity? I doubt it. Cheney is a very smart guy. Intentional? What other explanation is there?
(Yahoo news story and interview no longer available.)
Cheney said that “nobody anywhere was smart enough to figure it out.” Is that so? I guess I should consider that compliment but I don’t. Anyone with a knowledge of history and economics could see it coming more than 10 years ago. You can’t borrow and borrow (in other words, print fiat money) without limit without it coming back and biting you. The same is true for countries as it is for individuals.
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