Tech Friday: What’s the fuss about AI center power demands?
Posted By RichC on April 19, 2024
I have finally gone “Full Howard” (an inside family joke) #TBT
Posted By RichC on April 18, 2024
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Woodworking project: Finished my Table Saw Jointer Jig
Posted By RichC on April 17, 2024
If you aren’t into woodworking, a Table Saw Jointer Jig will mean nothing … but Katelyn and Drew have a pile of lumber from their lot in the garage, and some of it needs a new home.😉
So I need to start hauling some of it back and prepping it for woodworking projects (I already put a little on my lumber shelf) … but I need a way to start with straight edge. For the lack of a jointer (tool used to produce a flat surface along a board’s length), I’ve made a jig to do the same on my Delta Table Saw and since I wanted one that could do a longer length, I started with an 8 foot piece of 1/2” plywood.
How far in advance should you book air travel? #tidbit
Posted By RichC on April 16, 2024
Last week when reading and posting about Berkshire Hathaway investments and Warren Buffett from Kiplinger, I also snipped a “Best Time to Book a Flight” sidebar.
Music Monday: From 2004, “I Go Back” by Kenny Chesney
Posted By RichC on April 15, 2024
It seems like it has been a while since Music Monday has highlighted Kenny Chesney? 
Maybe it hasn’t been that long, but then again, it has been a year … and I haven’t been streaming the No Shoes Radio channel on SiriusXM for a while lately.
That aside, I did listen for a while while working out in the yard a week or so ago and screen capture the sone “I Go Back” that had me fondly daydreaming … hm, perhaps Jimmy Buffett’s “Havana Daydreamin’” will be making an appearance soon?
| Kenny Chesney – “I Go Back” | 2004 |
Shocked to see my John Deere 330 battery last 12 years!
Posted By RichC on April 14, 2024
Photo from working in yard in Spring 2017
Our old John Deere 330 16HP diesel tractor, that we use for all kinds of yard chores, required another battery this spring. It seemed like just yesterday that I replaced it, but then I realized it was replaced back in 2012! Amazing longevity for a Walmart Ever Start branded battery … so I’ll go with one more again (although this time one of their no-maintenance versions — the only one available). Hm?
The financial markets have been precarious this past week as tensions between Israel and Iran ratched up
Posted By RichC on April 13, 2024
Iran has threatened to retaliate for an attack in Damascus, Syria, that Tehran said was an Israeli airstrike on a diplomatic building. The strike killed several top Iranian military officials, including a senior member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force. 
According to the WSJ on Friday, “the U.S. rushed warships into position to protect Israel and American forces in the region, hoping to head off a direct attack from Iran on Israel that could come as soon as Friday or Saturday.”
After a solid first quarter for investors, the markets jitters are probably normal considering the geopolitical events … but added to that were inflation numbers rising again putting a damper on the thought the Federal Reserve cut rates in June. 
Now June cuts look off the table and cuts by the end of the year look questionable — unless you believe the Fed will act political because it is an election year?
While reading the last three issues of Kiplinger’s, I found the Berkshire Hathaway trading interesting and wanted to archive the chart … who doesn’t pay attention to Warren Buffett?
For something a little less worrisome … I do enjoy tuning into FoxBusiness and Varney & Co over my lunch break. I rarely miss the trivia question while making my salad and will highlight the Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson end-of-segment music selection that I forwarded to Taylor and Megan yesterday. 😊
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- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.