The Night In 1968 A Nation Watched An American Presidency Crumble
Arduino LED Controller I Built
My first Arduino project was an LED controller. It's still a work in progress but it makes it easier to sleep in the evening by giving me controllable red and yellow light, while more blues in the morning.
Here is the current draft of the code: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/1aa31949462b45e7c985ca19c75708db
81 Percent of Dollar Store Products Tested Contain Chemicals Linked To Learning Disabilities, Cancer and Serious Illnesses
"HealthyStuff, in collaboration with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions, released a report today about toxic chemicals found in Dollar store products. The report — A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals — includes testing results for 164 dollar s..."
Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota
"A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, said."
The Battery Will Kill Fossil Fuels—It’s Only a Matter of Time
"Three weeks ago, a U.S. agency sent the clearest signal yet that fossil fuels’ days are numbered."
March 12, 2018 Morning
Good morning! 7 PM Sunset 🌇. Partly cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind.Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️
🌹🌻🌼Only 8 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
Today will be mostly cloudy ☁, with a high of 39 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies with more clouds in the afternoon. The high last year was 23 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2012. 30.4 inches of snow fell back in 1888.❄
The sun will set at 7:00 pm with dusk around 7:26 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds ☁ and 38 degrees. There will be a northeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will snow, mainly after 10pm. ❄ Low of 30 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 10 degrees. The record low of -6 occurred back in 1885.
Today in 1933, was the first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats.📻 His remarks on the radio probably weren’t as crude as the current president.
Looking ahead, there are 11 weeks until Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:23 pm with dusk at 8:57 pm. On that day in 2017, we had cloudy skies and temperatures between 74 and 60 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 73 degrees. We hit a record high of 93 back in 2016.
Traffic Lately In Albany Is Crawling
This is Madison Avenue. It's worse when there is big trucks and buses trying to navigate this tiny street.
Taken on Wednesday March 15, 2017 at Albany, NY.