An exploration of ultracoffee, radiation safety, and more often than not a beer or two.
In case readers have not seen the 28 year old movie Dark City , let me give the relevant plot point here: aliens are running an experiment on humans by swapping memories around to see if there is anything innate to a person. If we are more than the sum of our experiences. But there is Continue reading " Do You Know The Way To Shell Beach? Memory and Return from Antarctica" The post Do You Know The…
Because @jfoy.bsky.social asked for it, it is time for Linear-No Threshold (LNT) Hypothesis As Low As Reasonably Acheivable (ALARA) chat. One is a philosophy and the other is a model operating within that philosophy. NOTE: If you have a burning and irresistable desire to chime in about the beneficial effects of radiation hormesis just don t. Continue reading "ALARA and the Linear-No Threshold…
[rubs temples] Do I need to explain depleted uranium again? I don’t wanna explain depleted uranium again. Dammit @dankaszeta.bsky.social The primary bit is covered in the first section of this rant which Cheryl Rofer strongly encouraged me to write. Depleted Uranium, dep-U or DU in comman shorthand, is the remainder after natural uranium has been Continue reading "Welcome to Depleted Uranium…
This week, I had the pleasure of attending the DOE Laser Safety Officer (LSO) Workshop which is always a nice chance to meet colleagues from all over the complex and affiliated univerities. I m sad I missed the LSO Axe Throwing Competition (PROTIP: never gamble with the guy from NIST, he will hustle you). But just Continue reading "Time vs. Admnisitrative Controls" The post Time vs. Admnisitrative…
In the long, long ago, in the beforetimes, when Delta s GoGo In-flight Entertainment System was a thing, I watched many movies on my iPad Mini flying around this world of ours. This, of course, can get a bit boring on long flights even in first class. Delta didn t rotate their movies often and their catalog Continue reading "The Delta Movie File READY PLAYER ONE" The post The Delta Movie File…
To end 2025 on a high note, a long promised story. Once upon a time, I went to Italy. This was a very good idea and I recommend it. I don t necessarily recommend doing some of the things I did over the span of two weeks in Rome, Florence, and Naples but they were all Continue reading "A Noble Reason To Make Pants A Tale of Italy" The post A Noble Reason To Make Pants A Tale of Italy appeared first…
One of the ways I mark the change of the seasons is when I get my first order designating it as a holiday gift. It s my sign that I need to revise this post for a new year and gird my loins for the MAXIMUM PRODUCTION that s soon to come. This year it happened on Continue reading "The Decembering 2025 Yes, It s That Time Again" The post The Decembering 2025 Yes, It s That Time Again appeared first…
Yes, I saw the story about the FDA recall of shrimp from Walmart because of Cs-137 contamination. Do I know exactly how this happened? No and it is likely to be a while until we get any definitive answers, if ever. But I do have a pretty good idea what happened by which I understand Continue reading "Radioactive Shrimp" The post Radioactive Shrimp appeared first on Funranium Labs .
I m very proud of all of you for identifying that these are all TERRIBLE IDEAS. The thing about terrible ideas is that they still occur to people. Sometimes staggering amounts of money will be spent to try to make them real and marginally less terrible. [The twenty sixth in an ongoing series of my compiled Continue reading "CHOOSE YOUR OWN RADIATION ADVENTURE: Anti-Drone Warfare" The post CHOOSE…
Only a few of you failed out of counter-terrorism theater club: when you are handed select choices to investigate, the money wants you to investigate those. The money does not appreciate when you question their premises/choices or study things they didn t pay you to consider. [The twenty fifth in an ongoing series of my compiled Continue reading "CHOOSE YOUR OWN RADIATION ADVENTURE: Murder By…