Category Archives: Modern Marvels

I Appreciate Modern Miracles

This weekend I managed to snatch a few minutes from my schedule and I fired up those favored mission critical homestead tools. Viola. Fresh healthy bread. Wonderbread can kiss my ass! Continue reading

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iNinjas Weep

Steve Jobs is dead. Millions of Apple People are weeping in their Lattes. In their secret lairs iNinjas are committing seppuku. Continue reading

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Crusader Product Inhibition: Part II: Adaptive Eyewear

There’s a link for donations but they’re not for sale at any price. That’s horrible… Continue reading

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It’s Just A Phone

It’s no secret that I dislike “smart phones”.  (I also hate cell phones that spy on me, landline phone designs that screw me, and companies that merit a special place in hell.)  Honestly, what is it about telephones that brings … Continue reading

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My Favorite Machine Betrayed Me

What a week! Equipment has been messing with my head. Was there a global declaration that mechanical devices should revolt? I didn’t get the memo. Was it on FOX? It all started when I set out to cut firewood. You … Continue reading

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My Safe Went Skynet

Long ago I bought a cheap pistol safe. I used it to store my cheap pistol. It was a handy little safe; pleasing black metallic finish, foam coated interior. I “multitasked” with it. My computer monitor was too low. What … Continue reading

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Failure Of The ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Concept: Part II

When lighting hosed my phone I discovered that in just six months Sonofabitches engineered two models to be mutually compatible.  They cleverly made it so a dead base “kills” two fully functional handsets. Two questions: why and what to do … Continue reading

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Failure Of The ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Concept: Part I

Lightning struck very close to Castle Curmudgeon.  We didn’t take a direct hit but it rated a Sphincter Level Seven on my patented scale of terror.  Nothing was damaged but the cordless phone base was dead.  Both the DSL filter … Continue reading

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Off Grid II

I’ve talked about going “off grid” before. I’ve added a personal aspect to the phrase: “Off grid” originally meant you were disconnected from the power system. When the term was coined it implied remoteness or self-reliance. Virtually every dwelling in … Continue reading

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Off Grid I

I was gone for a while. Did ya’ miss me? I was “off grid” a week or so. It’s not the big deal that you’d think. (I wasn’t cloistered!) I spent some time on a motorcycle, a couple days in … Continue reading

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