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Pumpkin Spice Apocalypse

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Preparedness
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...rom the weekend come to mind: While Kelly kept the house reliably lit with solar charged LED lanterns, it would be nice to have some kind of battery backup at least so we could run a fan. Keeping the fridge going would be nice but a battery large enough to do that is prohibitively expensive. If any of you have recommendations please leave a comment. As friend of the blog Johnny Sanphillippo discusses on a podcast appearance in early 2020, it’s bet...

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Weekend Linkages: Sunspots

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Saturday Linkages
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...Unraveling the Mystery of San Francisco 7-Eleven Stores Selling Onigiri With the Mayor’s Face on Them The website of the artist behind the Onigiri prank An app that shows if a book you’re looking at on Amazon is at your local library How to Build a Small Solar Power System Henry VIII’s pastry tent...

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Weekend Linkages: Historic Rain

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Saturday Linkages
...The truth about California’s annual termite swarms Can’t confirm this but some people might be eating monkey chow Man Obsessed With ’90s Lives In Time Capsule And Uses Outdated Technology Way beyond my abilities but this lip syncing project made me laugh How to Build a Low-tech Solar Panel Friend of the blog Jenn Berger has an art show up I saw a good cat this weekend Stay safe California friends...

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Saturday Linkages: A Difficult Week

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Saturday Linkages
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...m itself COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital Holding the Vision: Collecting the Art of the Book in the Industrial North West (museum exhibit in a series of blog posts) Mystery as 60 peculiar cubes with inscriptions pulled from Coventry river Thermoelectric Stoves: Ditch the Solar Panels? The Complete Guide to Creating Your Personal Makerspace (Via Eric of Garden Fork) Infectious Bronchitis In Chickens: Another Coronavirus My friend found a listing fo...

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