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Category Archives: General
Blog or Die! after 30 years
I’m just thinking about what’s next for this blog. Blog or Die! was founded in 1995, 30 years ago this month, as a personal blog covering, as the masthead says: Thoughts and commentary on politics, technology, travel, religion and current … Continue reading
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
Radio nostalgia
Here’s my nostalgia photo from December of 1967. My “radio shack” was a bedroom closet. The Eico signal generator, the Lafayette KT-340 shortwave receiver and the Heath kit IO-21 scope were all built from kits. Sort of in the center … Continue reading
Posted in General, Personal, Radio, Technology
Tagged Lafayette, Nanaola, Shortwave, shortwave listening, shortwave radio
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Donald Trump is trying to rig the 2020 election.
This article comes out of a federal lawsuit about mail-in voting in Nevada. As I discuss the suit, feel free to follow along with the complaint.1 One has to read the complaint for a bit to get to the meat … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, General, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Mail-in voting, Nevada, Standing
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My New image
Initially this website was pretty lame. Then I got a somewhat more streamlined version: This one was quite nice, and going back and seeing this image, it reminds me of a photo that I would take not long afterwards on … Continue reading
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Mac & Cheese 1.0
I do love a good Mac & Cheese, but you never know what you’re going to get in a restaurant. Some of it is pretty awful, so I thought I would make my own, with the thought in the back … Continue reading
The Tesla “Dog Mode” bug story
It’s all over the Internet: Tesla’s “Dog Mode” has a serious bug; it doesn’t work if the AC fan is set to manual. One headline said “Musk vows to fix.” But is there really such a bug? Dog Mode is … Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles, General, Technology
Tagged Copycat Journalism, Dog Mode, Media, Tesla
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