Category: Musings

The creeping intrusion of industry and government into privacy and the rights of property ownership in the digital world is not in any way a new topic. I am a fan of the YouTube channel Inheritance Machining and the channel’s recent video where a small replacement part is made for the Yerkes Observatory’s telescope. My…

It may be the case that women can remain single these days until they find a man with whom they are compatible. Similarly, men can remain single until they find a woman with whom they are compatible. Gone are the days when women had to settle for men that they don’t want. Unfortunately, people often…

My microwave oven’s display started dimming, and it got to the point where I couldn’t see the numbers or indicator lights anymore, but everything else worked normally. So, I looked at the cost of getting a new one – it’s an over-the-range built-in type microwave oven. Home Depot wanted $439, although I could potentially get…

It all started with the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. I decided it would be fun to make a small pinhole camera to photograph the eclipse as it occurred. I already had a viewing box made with a pinhole in it, so a camera seemed like an easy addition. A small electronics box, a…

I learned this week that Generation Z and Millenials both have increasingly visual learning styles compared to students of previous generations. The impact this has on pedagogical styles varies from whether or not using textbooks makes sense to implementing group projects that themselves focus on areas that students find themselves most difficult to understand. In…