Networking in Paradise...   I temporarily mounted (on a simple shelf) the shed's networking gear, outside my future second-floor offic...

Awesome breakfast and orange cake in Paradise...   Debbie's at it again – says she's breaking out the inner farm girl.  First she ...

Why are blue (Democratic) states turning red (Republican)?  Interesting discussion from the perspective of a liberal .  The lead: It is o...

The doomed moon of Mars...   Via APOD , of course.  Click the thumbnail to embiggen.  Full resolution version here ...

If this is “high fashion” ... then I'm a fan of low fashion.  Otherwise, speechless , I am...

Well, we have a well in Paradise...   Elray is all finished with the well drilling, and yesterday afternoon he drove down (with his lovely w...

Lasagna in Paradise!  Debbie cooked up a huge batch (three full-sized pans like the one at right).  Most of this is going in the freezer,...

Jonah Goldberg has long been ... one of my favorite political commentators.  The fact that he's a fellow dog lover doesn't hurt my ...

Civil asset forfeiture abuse...   This program is one of those things that makes me ashamed of my country.  It quite literally gives judges ...

The bits are flying in Paradise!   At about 4:30 this morning, I braved the cold (22°F) and walked out to the shed with my arms full of netw...

Syria conflict for dummies!   Passed along by reader Simi L., who is responsible for a great many belly laughs from this writer: President...

Paradise ponders...   I worked some more this morning on my KABtronics clock kit – got the seconds decoder, LED drivers, and LED done.  W...

Burglary in Paradise!  A home invasion burglary, no less, with the robbers holding the homeowners at gunpoint.  The pair were caught afte...

Putin vs. Obama...   Via friend, reader, and former colleague Simon M. (click to embiggen):

Muskrat in Paradise...   Not a very happy one, though.  This fellow fell into our basement window casement sometime last night.  That'...

Paradise ponders...   We're looking at buying the two parcels immediately adjacent to the cabin we just purchased up near Newton.  These...

Networking in Paradise...   In response to a reader's question: the network cable tester I have is the Fluke MS2-100 , pictured at rig...

Paradise ponders...   Yesterday I spent a good part of the day in small and dark places :)  Some of it was in the attic, crawling around t...

Paradise ponders...   This morning I built the seconds counter on my clock kit (photo of that section at right).  It all worked on the fir...

Suppose I told you ... that there was a group of armed people in the U.S. who have (so far) killed over 1,000 people this year.  Would that...