Wow! Lots of PMs and tweets regarding yesterday’s article on what would happen with the collapse of the grid . Let me first say that I make no claims to be an expert on EMP. There are a lot of people who are convinced that a reasonably strong EMP would disable modern cars. I don’t happen to agree with that view. Hopefully we’ll never find out. I’m going to assume that the most likely doomsday scenario people will likely face will be a long-term power...
Now, before anyone rushes off in horror that this poor lad has had his 'family jewels' handed to him on a platter..... ....it's common Aussie 'strine' for being stuffed...aka worn out.... Oh, and 'strine' is....er....strine for 'Australian'.... ....but no, for the past 4 weeks-odd I have been busy hurting muscles I didn't even know I had....[or anyone else did, for that matter]... busy completing works on a garage that began in February, 1987 ......
About a year ago, I wrote “The lights go out: What happens if the grid goes down” . It talked about what would likely happen if the power went out and works through the first 4 weeks. In short, it’s not a pretty picture. Doomsday Scenarios Below are my opinions and just my opinions. They’re based on reading and researching these topics in my spare time out of morbid curiosity. I define a doomsday scenario as a scenario where the civil society could potentially break do...
Life The Universe and Everything Else with the emphasis on Everything Else!
16 year old Pink fan paid 460-odd to be in the mosh pit at Pink's concert last night [in Melbourne] and TWITtered some crap about a bomb...and 'blowing up the Rod Laver arena'.... His face was identified from his page....and he was located in the arena.....carted out by security and didn't get to see anything of the concert. He now faces Police criminal charges of terrorism [and notification he will NOT be getting a refund]. You rug-rats of the 'Me Generati...
....to people in Australia, at least. [never sure which specific 'days' are universal] Today's is 'special' for me as it's my first without a Mother. To everyone else's I hope you have a great day....
The TRUE and ORIGINAL "Heavy Metal" They're on tonight in Melbourne....and it's been 40 years since the last time... Hopefully Ozzy has a few synapses that still fire OK ....and from the sound of the song linked....he ain't changed much at all... About time I got a little 'Black'.... Seen the Pinks, the Purples....even the Crimsons...
Recently I was involved in a discussion regarding the two Boston Marathon bombers. It started off with someone expressing concern about the amount of anger and hatred being directed towards the bombers. I am dismayed and afraid about the amount of hate and vengeance for the two who planted the bombs. It is spreading the attitude of vengeance in our country. I saw a quote from Ghandi this morning which I have not verified, but it struck me as true. "An eye for an eye will make...
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on Walt Disney recently and he tale is both amazing and quintessential. His professional life was a conflict between his desire to do amazing work with the challenges of running a business. Early in his career, Disney was devoted to moving “cartooning” into being a serious art. His first true sound cartoon, the famous Steamboat Willy, required the invention of numerous new technologies in order to synchronize the sound with the animation. It w...
I’ve taken tests like this before. Very interesting to see where people end up. Here’s the test: http://www.politicalcompass.org/test Technorati Tags: Brad Wardell , Political Compass , Draginol , Ideology My result: http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=1.00&soc=-3.18
(Alex – 16 year old son, Ryan – 12 year old son, Debbie – wife, me are looking out the window at all the mouse trails under the snow) Debbie: That’s pretty cool Ryan: You know, this family is pretty weird Alex: Shut up and get ready to go to the Lizard show [we’re about to leave to go to a reptile show]