Technology

(4) Sand Castle Holds Up A Car!

"Dirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way to strengthen earthen materials with almost no additional effort - Mechanically Stabilized Earth (aka MSE or Reinforced Soil). If you look closely, you'll see MSE walls are everywhere. Thanks for watching, and let me know what you think!"

October 13, 2018 7:51 pm Update

I think it’s very strange that Microsoft Windows doesn’t have a root directory where all volumes are mounted, or that it doesn’t use forward slashes. Anything not POSIX-compatible seems very idiosyncratic as we head into second decade of 20th century.

Chiller Types and Application Guide – Chiller basics, working principle hvac process engineering

In this video we look at chiller types and refrigerant compressor cooling technology within HVAC commercial refrigeration and provide an overview guide on when and where each chiller type is used. This covers air cooled chillers and water cooled chillers, centrifugal compressors, turbocor compressors, screw compressors, scroll compressors, reciprocating compressors, absorption chillers. We look at both vapor compression and vapor absorption chillers. How chillers work and the basic working principle of each.

How to Handle Stress and Anxiety

In this video, I talk about stress, what it is, what causes it and some practical tips on how to deal with it. How to handle stress...

I really enjoy watching prepper MD Creekmore Youtube channel and the various topics he talks about.

How IBM’s ThinkPad Became A Design Icon

How IBM’s ThinkPad Became A Design Icon

What nobody knew at the time was that the ThinkPad name, design aesthetic, and emphasis on technological innovation in the service of reliable productivity would have such staying power. Any citizen of late 1992 who encountered a modern ThinkPad such as the X1 Carbon would likely be blown away by the machine’s thin-and-light form factor–less than a third the thickness and weight of the 700C–and high-resolution screen, and would certainly be confused by it carrying a Lenovo nameplate rather than that of IBM. (The Chinese manufacturer acquired IBM’s PC business in 2005.) But if that person was familiar with the ThinkPad 700C, identifying the X1 Carbon as a ThinkPad would be easy. You can’t say anything similar about a 1992 Apple PowerBook and a 2017 MacBook.

I had a Thinkpad for a number of years. It was a good laptop until the case started to fall apart. I liked how standardized the machines were and easy/inexpensive to get parts, and how you could customize them to your hearts delight. Great machines for running Linux on for sure!