Hi from Grout Pond
Just saying hi while I'm out the Grout Pond.
Weapons in the War On Black Flies
Plus the 40% DEET which was still in my truck. Unfortunately, even with the 40% DEET and 15% Picaridin, I loss my war on Black Flies.
Taken on Saturday May 27, 2017 at Branch Pond.In Defense of the Selfie Stick
People say selfie sticks are rather silly, if not narcissistic. I don’t know, I find it a helpful aid for taking pictures and not just with my smart phone which has a rather crappy camera. The Selfie Stick not only provides a better angle for taking pictures or videos of myself, it also provides a handy mount for holding the camera, allowing me to get it up higher and more to where I want to take pictures. It allows me to hold the camera, focus in on myself when talking and making videos. Or even hang it out of a fire tower or other structure, where I couldn’t reach without the selfie stick.
I think I paid $16 including tax for my “Original Selfie Stick” at Walmart. I probably could have gotten it cheaper on the Internet, but it does what I need and some stuff I don’t need like a bluetooth control button. It seems fairly sturdy, and I expect I will get quite a bit of use it out of it during the next few years, especially are continue to make up more videos which I will share on Youtube and other places.
Clearing To The South
Trump’s obsession over Russia probe deepens
"Two White House officials said Trump and some aides including Steve Bannon are becoming increasingly convinced that they are victims of a conspiracy against Trump's presidency, as evidenced by the number of leaks flowing out of government — that the crusade by the so-called “deep state” is a legitimate threat, not just fodder for right wing defenders."
Kelley Stand Road
After they spent millions rebuilding Kelley Stand Road after Hurricane Irene, including blasting it out of the mountain, it's still a narrow, tight, and steep road. I guess that's the charm of it, but gawd, that one turn onto the bridge across the Roaring Brook is awful tight for anything but a compact car.
Why Don’t Green Buildings Live Up to Hype on Energy Efficiency?
"Researchers have generally blamed the performance gap on careless work by builders, overly complicated energy-saving technology, or the bad behaviors of the eventual occupants of a building. But in a new study, Coley and his co-authors put much of the blame on inept energy modeling. The title of the study asks the provocative question “Are Modelers Literate?” Even more provocatively, a press release from the University of Bath likens the misleading claims about building energy performance to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, in which actual emissions from diesel engine cars were up to 40 times higher than “the performance promised by the car manufacturer.”