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- The impact of electric vehicles on the power grid
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- Solar! – EVCHE EC-2110BTS radio
- Fixing things
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- A red radio — the Prunus J-429SW
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An open letter to the New York Times about its coverage of Advanced Driver Assistance systems
I don’t know what the New York Times is trying to accomplish in its coverage on driver-assist systems, but informing the public is not it. “Driver-Assist Systems Linked to Hundreds of Crashes“ was your headline, carrying the context-free ambiguous term … Continue reading
The impact of electric vehicles on the power grid
I saw something online saying that electric vehicles consume so much energy that more than a few in a neighborhood would crash its power grid. They had a few numbers that sounded mostly right, but they lacked context. Here’s something … Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles, Technology
Tagged Energy consumption, home energy usage
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Baijiali AM/FM/SW radio with MP3 player
The parable tells of a man who found a treasure in a field and sold all he had to buy the field. My new Baijiali BJL-166 FM/MW/SW1-18 radio MP3 player arrived from China today. Save your money; this is no … Continue reading
Solar! – EVCHE EC-2110BTS radio
One reason I’m writing this is that a Google search for EVCHE EC-2110BTS returned no hits. We can’t have that! I bought this AM / FM / SW / Bluetooth / MP3 player flashlight from AliExpress in hopes that the solar … Continue reading
Posted in Radio, Technology
Tagged AliExpress, Bluetooth, Chinese radios, EVCHE, MP3, shortwave radio, solar panel
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Fixing things
My father, uncle and my grandfather made their livelihood in large part by fixing things. My grandfather had a sign in his store: We fix anything but a broken heart My father was a watchmaker and when I was ready … Continue reading
Habitat redo
I have two phrases I learned at Habitat for Humanity that give me comfort; one is: Nobody will notice that except you That didn’t quite work this time. Here’s a photo of one of the Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity … Continue reading
A red radio — the Prunus J-429SW
Can you say “Big black rubber buttons” three times really fast? The big picture The Prunus J-429SW (sometimes called an L-238 SW) is an AM/FM/Shortwave radio with the ability to play MP3 files from a TF/Micro SD card or a … Continue reading