We’ve posted a new article over at Old School Tech about solar panel principles. As always, we keep the technical details over there, and handle the self-sufficiency and controversial issues over here. Go check that article out, and come back for more details. The linked article mentions the steadily declining price of solar panels on […]
We’ve been experimenting with different off-grid solar power configurations for a while. As I have mentioned in a previous article, power went out for three days in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. This gave us an excellent opportunity to put this experimentation to practical application; nothing like the prospect of losing a freezer full of […]
Since launching the new blog format on the 11th of October, in about two weeks, we’ve had 10,000 visitors (and 27,375 visits). If I knew who the 10,000th visitor was, I would offer them this free picture of a nice set of steak knives, as shown to the right. Click to redeem. I’m not entirely […]
As with JC Dodge last week, GeorgePatton325 nails the Trump vote. Money quote from that post: “Quite frankly, I am supporting Donald Trump merely for his potential to destroy the machine.” A friend and I were discussing this the other day, and I responded that Trump is an icon, meaning a symbol for something else: […]
I’m introducing a new article series called Future America. This series will talk about the degenerating culture and standards, and the impact this degeneration will have on you and your planning. It won’t be all grim, though, some of it will be fun, like this one. Today, I ran across this xkcd drawing showing the […]
JC Dodge clearly lays out the options: Choices, And the Degree Of Consequences Please read the whole thing. I haven’t been a follower of national politics in a serious way for a long time, but JC’s reasoning is rock solid.
Audrey and I out in the big city just before Hurricane Matthew. You just can’t make this up.
One reason to start blogging is that it makes bragging a lot more convenient. I can also tell you about my mistakes so that you don’t have to make them. This week’s brag is about our 14-year old homeschooled daughter. Last week, she passed the Calculus CLEP with a score of 62/80. Passing is generally […]
I had fun writing this somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of an actual event. I hope you have as much fun reading it. And yes, it is a blatant ad for our field phone product also. In the update to my original Defamating post, I pointed out that one of our signs was shot recently, on a […]
At the start of 2016, we launched a family-friendly blog, OldSchoolTech.info. Since then, we have been caught up with the local crime and corruption drama, so we haven’t put in much effort over there since then. Old School Tech is a home for family-friendly guides about how to do and build interesting things. While Starving […]