Author Archives: Joel

TSA’s security theater is back in the news! Hurrah! Price for TSA’s failed body scanners: $160 million The cost breakdown, which the TSA recently turned over to some members of Congress, provides the latest look at the agency’s investment in … Continue reading →

In 1964 there was a song incessantly on the radio, and I didn’t know much about the world but lemme tell you this song was creepy even by the standards of a poorly-socialized 10-year-old boy.

I was just ever-so-wisely saying to Landlady that freedomista nirvana is the place where you’re more focused on what you’re for than on what you’re against. Where you spend more time living free than hating on the people who devote … Continue reading →

If the U.S. Presidency has devolved into an eight-year exercise in domestic and international crisis management, then maybe we should be paying more attention to Hillary as a cautionary example… I was just amusing myself looking at some NY Post … Continue reading →

My older brother sent me a replacement display for my inside voltage monitor, which is a good thing because when it came back to life it lasted less than a day. So that’s working well again. Makes me sad at … Continue reading →

TUAK has gone through a shocking number of Official Cameras, I’m afraid. The problem is that mechanical zoom, which cannot live with the dust. And no matter how hermetically you seal it away between uses, the dust always wins eventually. … Continue reading →

A thing actually found in my spam ghetto… Hack and take money directly from any ATM Machine Vault with the use of ATM Programmed Card which runs in automatic mode. email (redacted) or call (redacted) for how to get it … Continue reading →

Compared to some of the food palaces I saw in Socal, the Safeway in the big town about 50 miles away is nothing special. Compared to the little market in the pathetic town nearest where I live, it’s a wondrous … Continue reading →

The choice would be between two unpleasant alternatives. Last week I complained about the lack of cooling storms. That very afternoon the storm returned, lightning struck the Lair and let all the smoke out of my beautiful free big inverter. … Continue reading →

But I at least had the decency to bring my own knife. Here’s the setup. These two Muslim ‘asylum-seekers,’ whatever that is but let it go, are shopping at the big Ikea store in Stockholm – which must be absolutely … Continue reading →

Swiped from Wendy McElroy, just because I thought it was funny.

Spontaneous regeneration of an electronic component. For the last week I’ve been getting my morning and evening voltage reading by poking the back of the display with a multimeter. Last night when I did it, I noticed a strange blue … Continue reading →

Happened to be in a Home Depot this afternoon, in the big town about 50 miles away. For obvious reasons I’m not exactly on the cutting edge of societal trends, but even I have noticed that the big box store … Continue reading →

This chaps my ass, to be truthful. I have no reason to want to go to the big town about 50 miles away, where I will piss away my whole day in the back seat of a pickup while my … Continue reading →

It’s not much, but it’s home. And my work hours are highly dependent on the weather and the season. Winters, you won’t see me at all much before ten. Dry summer, I like to work in the morning and evening, … Continue reading →

The latest from the fun folks at InRange. Conclusion: Can you hack the TrackingPoint system. Yes. Sort of. Under peculiar circumstances. You can hit it with a big hammer, too, which would be simpler. Also, see a severely sleep-deprived Karl … Continue reading →

I’ve talked many times about how neighbors have come to my rescue, in ways large and small. Makes me feel good when I can be of a little use myself. Neighbor D is getting ready to put the last coat … Continue reading →

Oh, what a shock. So you heard about that EPA ‘cleanup’ team that cleaned out ‘a million gallons’ of toxic waste from an old mine by dumping it into this river in Colorado, turning it the color of Donald Trump’s … Continue reading →

My older brother sent me an email with a thought I hadn’t considered… In the alternative energy world, it’s important to “right size” every part of your system. I think you are going to find that your new little inverter … Continue reading →