The Nevada Lightning Laboratory has experimented with Nicola Tesla’s methods of wireless power transmission to push 800 Watts over 5 meters, besting MITs mark of 60W over 2 meters last year. http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/12/10/181229.shtml It bothers me that the general public sees this as a competing technology with eCoupled, which is what… Continue reading
Because, really, what am I going to do with a dining room?
I’m in the process of building a new computer, something I said I wouldn’t do until I was living on my own, and, that time I has come. So far, I have only the two monitors and the case. I’m very excited to have a computer built in this decade,… Continue reading
I made it back to Grand Rapids from being up in Traverse City for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the shitty weather decided to come in this evening so we had winter storm warnings with heavy snow. Forecast says 2-4 inches, but given that I pushed at least 4 off the Jeep before… Continue reading
And, less than a week later, I have filled the existing space with crap. WMCKA‘s having their winter pool sessions now. Josh and I went to the first one on Saturday and as a result I had gathered the kayaks. I had forgotten that on our last trip of the… Continue reading
Having told you that I moved, here are a few pictures for you to see the place. View in from the doorway. Oddly enough, the liquor bin was the first to get unpacked. I don’t know where I want to put it though, the eye level cupboards are too short… Continue reading
For the pretty much past year, since I moved from East Lansing, I had been living with my Aunt & Uncle in Ada. It was an arrangement that was originally supposed to last three months, time for me to look for a house. Well, I did look, but I didn’t… Continue reading
So, I’m sitting in the Houston airport right now with a flight that doesn’t leave for a few hours and looking at weather is likely to be delayed. And, given that I have time on my hands, I’m thinking that some people out there might be interested in what I’ve… Continue reading
It’s been raining all day so far and likely won’t stop for a while. I’ve been waiting for this day for some time, just sittin’ on the couch, watching the rain fall. It’s not quite as good as a full blow thunders storm, but it will do. It makes me… Continue reading
So, here in list form is recorded some of the fun of visiting Taiwan for a week. Additions as well as an actual literary rundown may happen. General: Typhoon – disappointing. The gov’t got all worried after underestimating the last one, so this one was all the rage… at least… Continue reading