In which I decide if I should do something by doing it.
In which I decide if I should do something by doing it.
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Doubling up on relays allows you to switch high-amperage loads with low-amperage microcontrollers, without breaking the bank. I recently found myself with cause to control two different 20A+ fan motors with NodeMCU microcontrollers… a utility blower I’m using as an attic fan, and a 2 HP dust collector modified to act as a central vacuum. […]
The baking soda and vinegar volcano project is something of a cultural meme. And, like memes of all types, it is mostly useless and not altogether informative. This by itself is not even among the good reasons to avoid the project. Here are a few of the best. 1. You don’t really know the science […]
A random show-by-show rundown of the bizarre world of kids’ TV that we don’t usually blink an eye at Blaze Post-apocalyptic snapshot of a world with few remaining humans and mostly populated by (probably late Trump-era) monster trucks that have become sentient and seem to only exist to amuse themselves. Paw Patrol A libertarian dystopia […]
This recipe was originally published in Gwinnett Magazine around Spring of 2014, and the original photos have gotten lost somewhere along the way. I’ve since started making it with a homemade panang curry paste, and perhaps I’ll get around to updating the recipe eventually. Sometimes a recipe is inspired by creativity or necessity or playfulness. Sometimes a […]
Or, A Good Drive Spoiled This piece was originally written for Gwinnett Magazine, around April of 2014. I spent most of my outdoor life with a condescending sneer for the “campers” I saw at state park campgrounds in RVs, with their satellite dishes and HVAC units and running water. But I also spent half my life […]
Some recipes of mine from 2012 or 2013, first published in Gwinnett Magazine. If you didn’t get your first Internet connection until October of last year, you might have missed the bacon supply scare that had foodies and normal people alike freaking out about an “unavoidable” shortage of bacon in 2013. It turned out to be […]
James Davis May, Winner of the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award in 2016 for the poem “Ed Smith” This poem, by a friend of mine (with whom I do not plan to share these thoughts), won the Poetry Society of America’s Cecil Hemley Memorial Prize. I read it, and liked it, but the commentary at the […]
