If You Own A Pennington 5 in 1 Pond Filter, You Need To Read This
Every summer Mother Nature decides my pond should become a giant bowl of pea soup. The combination of blazing Texas sunshine and long days produces algae with the enthusiasm of a government spending program. Oddly enough, I now share a problem with our president. Mine...
On the Curious Obsession of Australian Shepherds With Tennis Balls
This week I spent much of my time learning how to build and improve a script for ChatGPT to write fiction. I’m impressed by the results. Judging by the comments of two of my harshest critics, they were also impressed. Four stories, eight favorable comments from people...
Why Does A Five Gigawatt Data Center Need All My City’s Water?
Five gigawatts of power is one of those numbers so enormous it’s impossible to make any sense of. A data center using five gigawatts is simply meaningless numbers to us. Developers, on the other hand, see the potential for huge profits without looking at the realities...
Trust but verify. It’s more important than ever in the AI age.
Years ago, I led a team of exceptional engineers supporting production. A newly introduced product was averaging 30 hours to assemble instead of the 5 hours management had confidently estimated during one of their “everything is under control” meetings. We weren’t...
Do Congressmen Understand What They Vote On? Seems Unlikely
Long ago, I came to terms with the fact that I don’t have the wealth or fame to move the needle on anything truly significant in this world. Not exactly a cheerful realization, but there it is. That hasn’t stopped me from tilting at windmills, I’ve logged plenty of...From the Doghouse -It’s all about them
A look at dogs having fun!
Short Stories
With posts like these, ever wonder what kind of fiction I would write?
