Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The broken technology icon

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Here it is, a little icon, a crossed wrench and screwdriver that means something, I don't know what exactly.  I think it might mean that...
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Clean up after yourself google

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There is a widespread belief that technology creates energy.  It enables the delivery of energy but it does not produce it.  You can't u...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Leaf Blowers and Entropy

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The other day, the gardeners were in our neighbor's back yard and blowing away at the leaves.  As they usually do, they try to corral ...
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California Drought and Flood

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This is yet another California drought post, this one featuring a book by two women who know what they are talking about, that is, the cl...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Across Atlantic Ice or people came to America by boat

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In their book Across Atlantic Ice , the authors posit the theory that people of the Clovis culture came to America along the edge of the i...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Tumarayulit - Kayaks able to repair themselves

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In Paitarkiutenka, My Legacy to You, Frank Andrews tells of kayaks able to repair themselves. On page 311 he says, "And some kayaks...
Friday, June 5, 2015

How Long Will It Last?

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I bought a Nikon SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera in 1970 and used it continuously and extensively for about 30 years without a problem.  Aro...
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Why I stay away from High Tech

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The title is maybe just a little extreme.  I don't stay away from high tech entirely.  I have a telephone and a computer and I drive a c...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Unangax^ (Aleut) Kayak Terms, Part 0

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A few decades back, Knut Bergsland, wrote an article called Aleut Kayak Terms which was published in Contributions to Kayak Studies in 19...
Friday, April 24, 2015

The Twelve Foot Yurt

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The ten foot yurt has had a few outings in the past few years.  It worked well but I thought it could use a little more floor space in condi...
Friday, February 6, 2015

The Herons are Back

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yes, the herons are back.  There they are out back of the shop on the other side of the fence that divides the federal land from that unde...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Owens Lake

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A few weeks ago we left Death Valley by heading West at Panamint Springs to get over to Highway 395 which runs up Owens Valley.  The name Ow...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Mojave Desert Petroglyphs

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The Mojave Desert has been inhabited by people for some time.  Like most places on earth, the Mojave desert has undergone climate chang...
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Death Valley Car Wash

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Death Valley is one of the driest places in the US.  But it does rain every once in a while and when it does, look out.  Thunderstorms appar...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Treasure Island Art Walk - San Francisco Post Militaristic Minimalism

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In the wake of Soviet collapse,the US closed a number of military bases including Treasure Island in SF bay.  The following pictures are mos...
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