Category: General

No Reason Jun 2023

• khoitsma
• Blog Navigation, General, Observation, Personal
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Weathering Apr 2023

• khoitsma
• General, Science
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Transforming the surface of the Earth

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Immensely current song Nov 2022

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• General
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Buckminster would be proud Nov 2022

• khoitsma
• Concept, General, Kids (middle school and up)
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… maybe

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Florida International University (FIU) pedestrian bridge collapse

• khoitsma
• Engineering, General, Science
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So many ways to have avoided this catastrophe

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Lithium Batteries Oct 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Science
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Not everything, but some of what I wanted to know

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Vasily Arkhipov — Hero

• khoitsma
• General
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Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer credited with preventing a nuclear torpedo launch during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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No Reason Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• Blog Navigation, General, Observation, Personal
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Weather Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Science, Windy
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The Windy app has a beautiful interface

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State Soils Sep 2022

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• General
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That’s right; we have state birds, state flowers, and state soils.

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Corn Silk Sep 2022

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• General
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Rough Brothers Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Personal
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A lot of guys made good summer money building greenhouses

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Daniel Ellsberg Sep 2022

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• General
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yep same guy

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E. O. Wilson Sep 2022

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• General
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Did Not See This Coming Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General
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In the voice of Rocket J. (“Rocky”) Squirrel ‘And now, here’s something totally different’

(back in the day, Rocky actually would say ‘Now here’s something I hope you’ll really like …’)

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How Bermuda was Made Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up)
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Just a glimpse of how and when

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Thwaites Glacier Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up)
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Research into the glacier’s retreat

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Your every movement is tracked and sold Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General
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Turn off your location services

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13 posts this month Aug 2022

• khoitsma
• General
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Safe Drainage Aug 2022

• khoitsma
• Engineering, General
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Avoiding deaths due to drowning in floodwaters.

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Interesting Websites Aug 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Mathematics, Science
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A Tale of Two Houses

• khoitsma
• Engineering, General
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Good order is the foundation of all good things.

— Edmund Burke

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Historic Purse Building Dallas TX Aug 2022

• khoitsma
• General
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Built in 1905
Timber structure
Dallas TX

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Antibiotic Resistance Jun 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Science
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No antibiotics worked, so this woman turned to a natural enemy of bacteria to save her husband’s life

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Tabular List — Blog Entry Search

• khoitsma
• Blog Navigation, General
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Navigate the blog

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Ecclesiastes 12

• khoitsma
• General, Personal
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Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Eccl 12:13

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What If, and Maybe Jul 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Observation, Personal
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What if each able-bodied homeowner mowed his/her own lawn, maybe also mowed the lawn of their neighbor who wasn’t able-bodied?

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The Analog Clock Jul 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Mathematics
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25 or 6 to 4
– Robert Lamm, Chicago

Haven’t we all looked at the clock face and wondered about the magical times where the hands cross?

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Best of Seven Jul 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Probability/Statistics
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The question here is, what is the likelihood of each possible playoff outcome?

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Lucky Me Jun 2022

• khoitsma
• Computer Algebra, General, Mathematics, Mental Math, Personal, Python, Software
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As a kid and later through my career, several lucky things happened to me; some of these things were fortuitous and some happened because I searched them out — either way, still lucky.

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