To Open The Sky
Dilemmas & Digressions
John Lennon said "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." I prefer coherent thoughts, coherent actions, coherent structures. Unfortunately for my preferences, life is not very coherent. This section of my Web site is where I'll put the stuff that doesn't fit with my plans for it, yet is worth including.
The first of these that happened to me spawned a story that should delight any geek — or at least those who don't look askance at last-generation hardware. It's about how I managed to acquire a computer workstation for minimal money and upgrade it with a second CPU.
Later, I got involved in an on-line discussion about the merits of nuclear power. (I believe it has some.) I decided that I should learn more about what I already knew was its checkered history. The section on nuclear accidents is the result.
| Accidents involving Nuclear Energy |
As global warming looks ever more real, nuclear fission is an energy option that looks ever more vital. The dilemma is the need to confine and shield the fission process, especially the virulent, long-lived waste it produces. Here's some related research I did recently. |
| Upgrading the HP Kayak |
Read about how I accessed my inner geek1 and figured out how to add a second CPU to a Kayak. |
| What's Wrong with Wikipedia? |
As a sometime editor of articles on Wikipedia, "The Online Encyclopedia Anyone Can Edit," I investigate its quality issues. |
