Post #1954: LA is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy a car …
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 17, 2024
I just got back from a trip to Los Angeles. A business trip of sorts. All other aspects aside,...
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Post #1953: Penance for flying?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 12, 2024
I hate flying. And yet, my wife and I will soon be taking a flight on a Boeing 737-Max-9,...
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Post #1952, addendum 1: How big are Virginia’s batteries going to be?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 10, 2024
In the prior post, I finally tracked down and read the Commonwealth of Virginia's plans for fully de-carbonizing its electrical...
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Post #1952: Does Vermont really have a carbon-free electrical grid?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 7, 2024
And if so, can Virginia copy them? The short answer is, yes and no. Yes, they seem to have...
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Post G24-006: “My grandmother grew loofahs … once.”
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 5, 2024
The title of this post is my wife's comment, when I announced last spring that I was going to...
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Post G24-005: Is it March already?
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 3, 2024
This is one of those old-guy, life-is-like-a-roll-of-toilet-paper posts. About gardening, yet. If you actually have things to do, just...
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Post #1951: Replacing the battery in a cheap cylindrical dashcam.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ March 3, 2024
This post walks through the process of replacing the "non-replaceable" battery inside a cheap cylindrical dashcam, like the...
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Post #1950: A couple of sketchy things.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ February 27, 2024
Sketchy power lines. (more…)
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Post G24-004: Advice on sheltering your bee hotel for the winter.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ February 26, 2024
My advice: Don't shelter your bee hotel for the winter. Let it freeze along with everything else. This post...
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Post #1949: The great flat spot in car prices.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ February 24, 2024
The biggest eye-opener that I ginned up in the last year was a graph of new and used car...
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