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Daylight Saving Time

Posted on March 8, 2020 by kimerer_brian

It is Daylight Saving Time again. So last night I went around moving all the clocks forward an hour. That was when I discovered that our Daniel Pratt clock had stopped ticking. I tried to get it going again, but … Continue reading →

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Birdwatching

Posted on February 28, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Now that the new chickadee house is up, DG has decided to take up bird watching. So he dragged out his big, serious bird watching binoculars. I said to him, “DG, it’s only 20 feet away! You don’t need those.” … Continue reading →

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That was quick

Posted on February 24, 2020 by kimerer_brian

This morning we saw the chickadees come by and check out the new house. Wow. Less than a day. I didn’t get any photos; they were here and gone too quickly. They didn’t go in, but one of them looked … Continue reading →

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The Chickadee House is Up

Posted on February 23, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Today we put up the new Chickadee house. It looks a little pale compared to that old, weathered house. We are hoping that the chickadees like new things. This may be a tad early, but we have seen the birds … Continue reading →

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Extreme Makeover

Posted on February 19, 2020 by kimerer_brian

You may remember from a few months ago that some woodpeckers took over our chickadee house and renovated it so that they could move in. Here’s a link to a reminder Woodpecker Birdhouse Renovation After the woodpeckers moved out (they … Continue reading →

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Coffee

Posted on February 16, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Now that we are in a cold snap (Old Man Winter has arrived!), DG decided to stay in and sit down with a mug of nice, steamy coffee. “DG”, I said, “are you aware that when you do that you … Continue reading →

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Rain

Posted on February 11, 2020 by kimerer_brian

DG is sick of all this rain. He really wanted to build a snowman before the crocuses bloom. I told him that he could blame it on the Augernaut* You see, in that very first snow storm in early December, … Continue reading →

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Calculator

Posted on January 24, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Continuing on with our ancient computer theme, we went digging through the Computer Museum again and found another machine that we can use to calculate the comparison of our hit rate to the hit rate of The Google. That is … Continue reading →

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Computer Museum?

Posted on January 19, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Q: What the heck is this “computer museum” that you keep talking about? A: It’s just a bunch of junk that I have collected over the years that used to be useful for calculating stuff. For example, here is my … Continue reading →

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Suanpan

Posted on January 14, 2020 by kimerer_brian

DG went rummaging through our Computer Museum again and came up with this old style Chinese abacus. This is a 2/5 Chinese abacus, called a “suanpan” 算盘. The 2/5 means that it has 2 beads on the top and 5 … Continue reading →

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