Friday, September 30, 2016

Short Snorters

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A short snorter is paper money, signed by people who share a common experience. During World War II, with 16 million men and women in the A...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Challenge Coins

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According to numismatist Martin J. Price, monetary coinage was invented about 600 BCE as a form of bonus payments to Greek mercenaries.  “[...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Hackers Heart Small Talk

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Social engineering is the gathering of computer system information by other means. T-Shirt from Defcon 24 It is common for Internet co...
Saturday, September 3, 2016

Counter-Insurgency

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No shit, this stuff really works. You just gotta apply it well. Let it soak in. Then polish it.  It works for the lawful constitutional aut...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Feynman’s Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow

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Who gave the first correct explanation of the rainbow? Descartes.  Why did he? Because he perceived its beauty. Feynman’s Rainbow: A Sea...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

AFK: Away from the Keyboard

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Since I started this blog on January 2, 2011, I have posted 432 entries, a bit more often than once a week.  But the past few months, I hav...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

We Were Soldiers Once - And Young

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I feel that war stories allow stolen valor.  Men who never would have served immerse themselves in vicarious action. I understand t...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Bela Portuguese Kosher Sardines

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Independent Chef Brands representative Brandon Allen was in the Wheats ville Co-op demoing Bela Brand sardines: locally caught (in the Atla...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Against Fatuous Advice to Beginning Astronomers

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Last night, the Austin Astronomical Society sponsored an “Out of the Box Clinic” for new astronomers with unused or under-used instruments....