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This is really cool if you are into space. The Roman telescope is a big jump of the Hubbleand serves a different purpose than Webb. This video covers the new features and differences.  I’m not sure the. Video can embedded so youay have to click thru to YouTube. The creator is Tim from Everyday Astronaut…

I’m a black coffee guy. I started drinking coffee back in college. First with lots of milk and sugar because frankly coffee taste terrible to someone who’s never had it before. Eventually I phased out the milk and sugar and now drink it black. But. I also love creme brulee. I have adopted my sister’s…

When I started publishing books, I thought about branding (yes, it’s a business). At the first couple of conferences I went to, I saw authors using clothing as part of their brand. Fedoras, costumes, special jackets. That felt right to me and I chose a flannel shirt. A few years later, after I had used…

There are a lot of colorful trees this time of year, and lots of shades of yellow. But I haven’t seen this lime green before.

It’s finally got cold enough to turn the furnace on. This is Luna’s favorite spot in winter. She even recognizes when the furnace fires up and rushes over to her bed.

No, this isn’t a psychological post. Well, not a sociatal one. Although, it probably says a lot about me. When I get a new piece of tech (defined very broadly), I spend way to much time diving into its capabilities. I will explore all settings. If there is a feature I don’t see a use…

In case you were ever wondering, here is an overview of most of the official NEMA electrical outlets for North America. There is an amazing amount of thought that has gone into these standards. He also mentions examples for all of them. I can’t embed it because of the restrictions the creator has put on…

Another gorgeous sunset…

One of the surprising things about Bangkok malls was the car dealerships. With cars. On the upper floors. While there wasn’t anything special about the cars (other than steering wheel on the right which always jars my brain), this dealership had these two things right on the mall walkway. Presumably they were there to (1)…

Really, you need to look up how to pronounce Phuket. Yes, I know it is fun to say it as your inner teenager is pronouncing it. The day we left, Bangkok was rainy and Phuket was sunny. There is a smaller airport in Bangkok that we flew out of and it was cool to see…

One of the malls in Bangkok had an airport theme. The doors into the mall were Gate 1, 2, 3, etc. The floors were different cities. It was pretty fun to walk around and see what a mall in a different country looks like.

This was the breakfast buffet at our Bangkok hotel. A very small portion of the buffet. They have an actual honeycomb draining out into the serving dish. It was very cool. The buffet itself was easily the biggest buffet I have ever been to. This includes all kinds of buffets in the US. Imagine the…

This guy was buzzing around the Bangkok airport keeping things clean. When the line for boarding grew and enclosed it, it just sat there, quietly. No loud beeping or jerking around trying to find an escape. People seemed pretty chill about it and, when the line got smaller, it went on its way. The face…

They drive on the left in Thailand. They, of course, are very good at it. My brain, however, is not very good at adjusting. Fortunately, I’m not driving anywhere, only riding. The what-side-of-the-road part of culture has been baked in since I was very young, I’m sure well before driving. It affects our thinking in…

The lights were beautiful over the city. The city that didn’t sleep. The city that would be the death of me. Ok, not really. And that would be the bad start of a good story. Still, the lights were beautiful.

I’ve always loved stouts. Ever since someone introduced me to Guinness years ago, it has been my go to beer choice. The only exception the occasional lighter lager-type that I drink on hot days or when I am splitting a beer with my mother-in-law. I’ve never been a hoppy beer fan and am glad that…

My daughter’s wedding had music afterwards as they ramped up to the reception. I wasn’t really noticing the music until Free Bird came on. WTF? I expected to be listening to young peoples music all night, but there was a surprising amount of classic Rock. This continued into the after-party at some hip bar with…

Yes, I had McDonalds on the trip. While the flavors were a tiny bit different, it was clearly a McDonald’s burger. And before you get too snooty about going to Thailand and getting McDonald’s consider if someone from Thailand visited the US and, after being there two weeks, asks if there are any Thai restaurants…

Hot humid air injected into cold air-conditioned air results in fog. It’s, however to see a cloud inside a plane instead of outside.

We visited Phyket, Thailand and I saw this pillow. Came darn close to buying it for background to my video calls.

As one does. We are on Banana Beach somewhere off the southern coast of Thailand. You kind of have to look for it, but he (or she) is there.

We are sitting at the wedding reception, enjoying the meal, when my self-definition took hard blow. The conversation wandered from topic to topic, as conversations do, and, at some point, made it around to gray hair. There was some back and forth as the young people near us starting commenting on how they were starting…

Bangkok has interesting power lines. Below are some pics showing the quantity of wires and very confusing junctions. The coils of extra wire are probably for future adjustments. Although a resident I spoke with said they often just cut and leave when they replace wires. Nothing gets removed. I imagine that this technique is cheaper…

The other day, we took a Thai cooking class. It was great fun. We made Pad Thai, Massaman curry, papaya salad, and mango sticky rice. Well, that last one was made for us. Lots of chopping things up and wok work. The teacher was very fun and knew how to make it an experience. There…