On Friday, I had a free day, and my preferred airplane was free, so I flew out to Idaho Falls, rented a car, and spend an amazing few hours at the EBR-I museum over in Idaho National Labs. The weather was… windy, and so I also had a particularly interesting flight back. This post is rather long and may indicate a weird geeky obsession with 1950s nuclear technology, among other things. I would…
Lately, I’ve been trying to find out more about what happens with our trash - I toured the Ada County Landfill a while back , and this week, I’m talking about a tour of an interesting place that works on “What you can do with random plastics?” from the Boise Orange Bag program (whatever they happen to be calling it this week). Scott Phillips is a local professor with a very interesting little…
Another post, another thermal imager review. This time, I’m looking at the Thermal Master P2 Pro, iOS version! This is a very cute little thermal imager for both iOS and Android, with a useful pile of adapters, and the ever-impressive thermal macro lens that’s very handy for close up thermal imaging work. I received a review unit free of charge, but all the conclusions are mine. What’s Inside? The…
As material continues to flow into some local prisons, I’ve worked out another few things that I think are worth sharing about, if you’ve decided you want a new hobby: How to print, pack, and ship ebooks (epub, mobi, etc), and how to sort out removing color from scans of things you might want to send in. I’m not going to say this is all the easiest way to achieve things, but if you’re willing to…
In the land of “Other things I’ve been contemplating lately,” I’ve spent the last year or so of my life chewing, rather heavily, on the concept of the “Baptist Box” that many American Christians, at least, live within - and what’s beyond the bounds of it. What Is The Baptist Box? This is going to be a rather personal post, because I can’t speak for other people - but, also, I can speak about the…