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Cirdan
Senior Master
Just got to say I had an absolutely great weekend. Regular training friday evening followed by dinner and a few beers with the guys and gals from the dojo. Sparing on saturday followed by ice bathing in the Oslo fjord. Seminar on sunday with among others Max Mankowitz, boxing coach who taught Cecilie Brækhus before her rise to fame. Does not get much better than this 
ks - learning to fly
Senior Master
interesting..the closer I get to 3,000 posts, the closer I get to 2,000 lessons in TKD.. hmm.. 
granfire
Sr. Grandmaster
I wonder: Do public facilities notice an uptick in utility bills (electric, to be specific) with everybody owning smartphones and tablets, and expecting free charging stations everywhere?
I don't think my local library has that much traffic, but at the airport you see people huddled around the outlets.
Deep thought for the week....
I don't think my local library has that much traffic, but at the airport you see people huddled around the outlets.
Deep thought for the week....
Steve
Mostly Harmless
Surely there is, but the question is whether the rise in the electric bill is offset by traffic. While the cost for electricity varies from place to place, and if you live in an area with a smart grid, it can vary based upon the time of day, we're talking about pennies per kWh. If someone comes into your coffee shop and plugs in for 30 minutes or an hour while sipping their $4 drink, you're more than offsetting the overhead from their charging.
This is particularly true if they came into your coffee shop vs the one across the street who are curmudgeons about the charging thing. In other words, if you chose my coffee shop over the other one because I have good coffee and free charging, that's good for me.
Free charging for tablets is really small potatoes compared to the growing demand for charging stations for electric cars. There are places that charge for charging (no pun intended), places that outsource to companies like Blink, and places that install them and offer free charging for electric cars.
Yes. Just give in and take out the garbage already. Don't make her tell you again...
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
If it were only that simple....well the deed is done and now I just have to wait and see where the rubble falls
ran out of fuel oil in the furnace last night. Had to run out and get some diesel to hold me over till today. yep I should check it more often.
Good news is I got out bed early( it was only -8 F outside at the time) and got to the oil company. They delivered before noon and the house is once again warm and comfortable.
Good news is I got out bed early( it was only -8 F outside at the time) and got to the oil company. They delivered before noon and the house is once again warm and comfortable.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
So I'm in an IT security meeting today.... emphasis on "security" and we are discussing a piece of hardware for possible purchase and I hear this...
"I don't care about the security, I just love the way it looks"... since I was in an IT SECURITY MEETING!!!! that one kind of stopped me in my tracks
We are not buying it by the way..... no matter how sleek and shinny it may be
"I don't care about the security, I just love the way it looks"... since I was in an IT SECURITY MEETING!!!! that one kind of stopped me in my tracks
We are not buying it by the way..... no matter how sleek and shinny it may be
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Thank You
but, basically nothing was resolved so now it escalates to a place I really don't want to go
ks - learning to fly
Senior Master
have my quarterly review Thursday at work
granfire
Sr. Grandmaster
I didn't know they let teens work at your company at this level....
Not too cold today, but this drizzle and fog makes the weather creep right into your bones. Blech
Going to be 40 today, supposedly. But it's been icky and the roads are still icky.
The reason this irritates me is that I just finished installing a set of TS&P longtube headers on the Corvette, and I'd really really like to get it out and see if my carefully calibrated Butt-O-Meter can detect any difference. And I can't, unless the roads are dry.
The reason this irritates me is that I just finished installing a set of TS&P longtube headers on the Corvette, and I'd really really like to get it out and see if my carefully calibrated Butt-O-Meter can detect any difference. And I can't, unless the roads are dry.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
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