Day: April 24, 2015

Notes for Friday – April 24, 2015

April 24th is the birthday of Carolyn Cole (born 1961), a well-known staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. For a few years in the late 1960s, the Cole family lived next door to JWR’s parents’ house in Livermore, California. That little girl with whom he played hide-and-seek would grow up to earn a Pulitzer Prize, two World Press Photo awards, and be named Photojournalist Of The Year. Congrats and Happy Birthday, Carolyn! o o o SurvivalBlog would like to welcome Pika Energy as a new advertiser. They specialize in innovative off-grid power solutions and have U.S.-made hybrid wind and …


“Internet” Without Infrastructure – Part 4, by R.H.

Protocol Refinements There are many refinements that can be used to improve efficiency and reduce the number of files to be processed, when dealing with local communication. However, these must always remain discretionary, so that they can be dropped at any time if situations change, or they are found to be unworkable. For example, directories (or folders) can be used to separate messages into different destination areas, organized by State. This reduces anonymity somewhat, but it can help organize messages and keep traffic down within local areas. If you know for certain that the recipient is in California, create a …


Letter: Cash at KFC

HJL, My family and I (all seven of us) went to our local KFC in Southern KS this past Wednesday. As it costs a little more for a family of seven to eat out, I tend to carry some extra cash on me. When I pulled out a $100 bill to pay, the cashier took me to the side and requested I print out my name and drivers license number on a pre-printed sheet he had next to the register. He indicated this was corporate policy when dealing with $100 bills. I’m not sure this is newsworthy, but the more …


Economics and Investing:

Sheriff’s Office: Search continues for suspects in $175,000 robbery at coin shop, home. Of the several stores in town in this business, this is the one in the “nice” part of town owned by an older gentleman. They apparently don’t sell; they only buy. – DMC o o o 11 Signs That We Are Entering The Next Phase Of The Global Economic Crisis o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: The Death of Cash – Interesting read… Video: Rick Santelli Echoes Contra Corner: ECB Has Destroyed Price Discovery In Euro Bonds – This is a little hard to follow, but …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Yet another state has had enough of federally-sanctioned theft. Michigan primed to end civil asset forfeiture. – D.S. o o o First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers. – P.L. o o o From the official Marines web site: Marines complete riot-control training. – T.P. o o o S5 Phone Flaw Allows Hackers To Clone Fingerprints, Claim Researchers. – T.P. o o o Here’s How to Download and Delete What Google Search Knows About You. – A.W.


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“He found, using fifty stones to keep track, that he could easily remember the names of all fifty states, and he knew the capitols of a lot of them. He knew his times tables all the way up to twelves, and he knew when they’d signed the Declaration of Independence and when John Glenn landed on the moon. But he was keenly aware that he didn’t know how to tell if nuts were good to eat, or what berries will make you sick, or what mushrooms were poisonous, and he slowly began to wonder why not one person had ever …