Strava – 2018

It’s a bit lame, I was hoping for something flashy and data heavy, but eh, you get what you are given…. Here is my year in review according to Strava (one of three websites that I use to track my running). At the start of this year I set myself the goal of running 1000… Continue reading Strava – 2018

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Mental Health – 2018

Its been a big year. Tough in some ways, but in others, its been pretty straight forward. (This is my blog, so it’s my thoughts. For Freddy she claims that this year was the tough one, for me 2016 was THE WORST hands down with 2017 a close second). Because of the ’16/17 debacle, we… Continue reading Mental Health – 2018

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Irrigation woes

I. Am. So. Sick. Of. Fixing. Our. Irrigation. System! The bit you cant see is that the jet of water went clear across the patio and just about doused the Opto and network switch I have installed to run the seismograph and other cool stuff out the back yard…. Anyway, just wanted to share this… Continue reading Irrigation woes

Post Falls – Idaho

A few weeks back we flew up to see Amy and Cole. No reason, just wanted to see them, Ok, Ok, yeah, we also wanted to see some snow….. We got the airport on Friday afternoon. I worked a half day so it was a relaxing afternoon with not a lot of TSA lines to… Continue reading Post Falls – Idaho

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Cloud power

Data centers are big power users. I know Apple and Google are doing the best they seemingly can by putting solar and wind farms in near their centers, but there is still more that needs to be done. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/tsunami-of-data-could-consume-fifth-global-electricity-by-2025 The communications industry could use 20% of all the world’s electricity by 2025, hampering attempts to… Continue reading Cloud power

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