Post #2083: Cold wave, heat pump, firewood as secondary heating.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 17, 2025
Sometimes, all you need is a warm place. Cold wave: It's going to get cold next week. How cold?...
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Post #2082: One-in-1000 Californians just lost a home?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 16, 2025
I started off trying to get the LA fires into perspective. I just want a back-of-the-envelope number I...
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Post #2081: Eighty pounds and still a loser.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 14, 2025
This morning I reached 205 pounds. In my underwear, admittedly. But it still counts. So I'm calling it 80...
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Post #2080: Vienna, VA sidewalks in the snow.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 13, 2025
In Vienna, VA, we are religious about shoveling the snow off our sidewalks. God put the snow there. God...
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Post #2079: So, when will Greenland be ready?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 10, 2025
To use, I mean. For us to use. Now that it's on order. Once we buy it, or take...
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Post #2078: A Mr. Coffee Try-at-Home Experiment.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 10, 2025
Source: Bunn Coffee Basics Brochure (.pdf). Let's use Mr. Coffee to validate the Bunn diagram. What do those parts of...
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Post #2077: I opened the hood of my car.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 8, 2025
Finally. I finally opened the hood of my 2020 Chevy Bolt, a year after I bought it (Post #1924)....
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Post #2076: Snow day.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 6, 2025
Today, Monday 1/6/2025, is a snow day. From the sound of it, at 7:45 AM, we're getting wintry mix...
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Post #2075: Eyeglass frame repair with baking soda and superglue.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 5, 2025
I first tried the superglue-and-baking-soda trick back in Post #1997, where I made an expedient repair to a plastic-bodied...
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Post #2074: Coffee chemistry Christmas, part II: Aeropress.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ January 5, 2025
On the path to coffee snobbery, there is no better starting place than Walmart. That's where I just bought...
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