A Wanderer
Not all who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I am a recently retired accountant/finance professional looking to explore all of the interests I have had over the years, promising myself that I would pursue them “when I had the time”. Maybe you are on a similar journey.
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Gunpowder
3/9/2022:I was reading in The Knowledge about making gunpowder. When I was a teenager my friends and I dabbled in explosives. There was a factory store in a neighboring town called Scientific Glass, which sold all kinds of laboratory supplies, including chemicals. We would ride our bikes to the store and purchase chemicals and equipment…
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Pixel 6
3/9/2022:I just ordered a Pixel 6. I also looked at the Samsung Galaxy, but the Pixel seemed to be a better deal. As I was ordering I noticed that the security update guarantee was now five years from the date the unit was first sold, not three like my Pixel 2. Not perfect, but better.
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Tablet Reading v. Physical Books
3/7/2022:I was listening to a Huberman Labs podcast and the host, Andrew Huberman, made a comment that you retain more information from a physical book than an electronic device, like a cellphone. It had to do with the size of the image and that looking at such a small area to read in interferes with…
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I Am a Strange Loop
3/2/2022:As I start to write and to blog, as I start to have time to do so, I do so to think and to organize my thoughts and experiences. I have started reading I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter. Early in the book, he makes the following statement: “And one of my firmest…
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Godel, Escher, Bach
2/26/2022:I recently started Godel, Escher, Bach: Eternal Golden Braid for the third time. The last time was probably decades ago. I had lent out my copy and lost track of it, but it was the pre-20th anniversary edition. I am now reading the 20th Anniversary Edition. It was interesting to read Douglas’ introduction to the…
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Sauerkraut
2/24/2022:Made three quarts of sauerkraut. Should be ready in a month. Usually I pound the cabbage for five minutes after salting and then put the cabbage under a dish with weights on top for about two hours. On the last of the three quarts (red cabbage on bottom) I skipped the pounding and the result…
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