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I made a simple prototype tablet holder for my car when I am endlessly waiting for everyone. I used scrap materials from other projects and cobbled together this very useful little tablet holder for zero dollars. I find myself using it all the time so I may make an improved version with quality materials. More of the parts need to be softer. The current version has pointed metal parts that could potentially poke someone. It also makes an excellent self defense device if someone breaks in the car.
A Wisconsin company is the first in the nation to begin voluntary microchipping of its employees. This allows them to buy things at the company and do various work related activities more easily. Isn’t that sweet?
Would you like one of these lovely devices implanted in your hand? It does have a similarity to the Bible verse from Revelation:
“It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark….”
This Wisconsin microchip may not be “the mark” but it can obviously be abused very easily by those who control it once you are stupid enough to implant it in your body. It makes it easier to monitor and control your actions. Is that what you want?
How long do you think it will take before it becomes mandatory to have a chip embedded in you with your social security number, insurance details and other critical information in case you want to work, buy or there is a public emergency?
Craigslist is a source of infinite free entertainment for me. I picked up these two obsolete TV’s with digital antennae converter boxes in Slinger for free and installed them in my garage on a rolling platform with a Roku box. They have worked great for a couple of years and only cost me the price of their electricity. The antennae picks up pretty good on the main channels and the old Roku picks up the WIFI for internet TV. All of the old electronics stand up to the temperature extremes pretty good so far. I may need to pay for TV disposal some day but I think I may find an alternative salvage method by then.
The truly ancient kindle tablets in the picture are really from the dawn of prehistory. They can still be used in a number of ways in the garage combined with some equally prehistoric speakers. They make good clocks, weather stations, internet radios, police/fire band radios, YouTube players, Pinterest displays, book readers, movie download players, flyswatters and paperweights in a pinch. They hold out well against temperature extremes so far.
These types of old tech can provide entertainment if they continue to work. A lot of this stuff seems to run well indefinitely.
Should a female Doctor be allowed? The real question is Doctor WHO? If you don’t already know, Dr Who is a science fiction character and British TV series all in one that has been running since 1963. The TARDIS is Dr Who’s time/space ship which looks like a British police street box. Doctor Who regenerates into a new character every so often because that is what Time Lords from Gallifrey do. The Doctor has always been male even though his sexual preferences may not have been totally defined in every incarnation especially during the latest episodes. I still enjoy the show and it is even easier to enjoy because it eventually becomes free on Amazon prime before I watch it.
I have no problem with the new female Doctor Who character. I just wish they forgo any left wing political correctness and make her smart, young, good looking and straight. Every show on TV does not need a liberal token character in it and I think that every TARDIS should have at least one good looking woman capable of running the control board. Is that a sin, crime or is just too much to ask of a TV show?
I own several Ryobi tools from Homedepot and I like all of them. The price was right and they get the job done around the home. I don’t know if they are as rugged as some of the industrial tool brands but I have not been able to destroy them with my typically careless attitude. I particularly like some of the 18 volt convenience tools such as the fans, lights and radios. Some of the latest versions have dual 120 VAC and 18 VDC input which is a real good feature.
I use the older style Ryobi fan all the time. The battery powered fan is great for sitting in a car waiting for someone without running the car. Its also nice when you are working on something in tight quarters and its hot.
Ryobi has finally started using led bulbs on a lot of its lighting products. The older lights just used too much juice from the battery so they didn’t have a long run time.
Ryobi and HomeDepot usually have great sales around the holidays so I am trying to encourage my wife to get me the updated radio as a present. Probably won’t happen though.
Ryobi also makes some 40VDC lawnmowers that are kind of attractive. I think they should consider making some type of robotic lawnmower. That’s what I am eventually going to need if my Crohn’s disease becomes worse. I can barely get the lawn cut now so I hope Ryobi implements this type of lawnmower soon at its typically reasonable price. I am also considering planting some type of ground cover on the areas with a severe slope near the front sidewalk so the robot can get the whole job done.
