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    I Wonder What This Cost?

    Bulk mailing a big chunk of Pennsylvania has to be a bit expensive, right? Or maybe not. Perhaps I should write some of my own poetry and bulk mail everyone; then I can claim I am “widely published” or something.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 22, 2019
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    Voyager’s Rover

    Experiments are still my favorite thing to build, because they always come with some new problem-solving sets.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 21, 2019
    • Art, Badger Forge

    Turn it Up To 11

    I know that cosmetic things don’t improve machinery’s lifespan or behavior.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 20, 2019
    • Art, Badger Forge

    It’s a Nice Day for Some White Welding

    Recent discussion [stderr] got me thinking about safety shoes. For the last two years my official forging shoes have been a pair of old Timberland “euro hikers” (that I wore to Chernobyl) but I know that the laces are flammable because I already set them on fire once.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 18, 2019
    • Art, Badger Forge

    Maybe It’s Just Showing Off

    I don’t know why we should assume that creatures with such different nervous systems “dream.” Perhaps it is doing something analogous, or perhaps it’s just bored or showing off.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 17, 2019
    • Art

    Winner Take All

    The “winner’s choice” benefit blade is done, sharpened, and shipped. I am told that it arrived safely, which is always a relief.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 14, 2019
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    The Kunstwistergrabber

    Where I left the damascus-twister, it was mostly an idea and a pile of parts.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 13, 2019
    • Art, Badger Forge

    Fall Colors 2019 – 13

    Usually, we don’t get snow up here until December.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 12, 2019
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    Parsing Sentences (a Joke)

    Briefly, one of my favorite jokes:

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 9, 2019
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    A Blacksmith Walks Into a Bar…

    and says “nice weld.” Or something.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 5, 2019
    • Art, Badger Forge
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