by Byron Seastrunk | Dec 31, 2025 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New
When it comes to hobbies, my Wife and I are polar opposites, so far apart that we may as well live on different planets. She has her garden and cooking; I have my love of high tech. Were I to put a hard drive and a processor on a table, she would be hard pressed to...
by Byron Seastrunk | Dec 15, 2025 | Engineer, Married to an Engineer, New, Technology
I feel comfortable relating this, having retired several years ago, and everyone involved has since moved on to other positions, but this remains one of the more frustrating episodes of my entire career. Not the most technically difficult. Not the most complex. Just...
by Byron Seastrunk | Nov 26, 2025 | General, New, Technology
Two weeks into the month, and I’ve already been notified by two different companies that they were hacked and my data was compromised—including my Social Security number. They apologized (oh, bless their hearts) and offered me one whole year of free credit...
by Byron Seastrunk | Oct 30, 2025 | Engineer, General, New, Technology
I have a collection of eight 100-gallon Rubbermaid water troughs. It’s not that I have that many horses, it’s just that these are really good watering troughs with one major flaw. The trough has two inside corners that recess the drain plug, and those corners are...
by Byron Seastrunk | Oct 26, 2025 | General, New, Politics
Politicians, influencers, news media, advertisers, and even lowly bloggers are all trying to give us our opinions. Not just influence us, but tell us exactly what we should think, buy, believe, and vote for. They hire “experts,” unleash social media armies, and now...
by Byron Seastrunk | Sep 14, 2025 | Engineer, General, New
Over the years I’ve picked up my share of scars. I have no desire to get rid of them; many of them are far better than any government-mandated warning labels. To name a few lessons: don’t attempt to catch falling knives, attempting to ride a dirt bike through a barbed...