LavaCon 2026 and the future.

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LavaCon is a conference now going on 25 years. Its always fun at conferences where folks collaborate on what the future holds. This year I drove to Charlotte NC from Duluth GA to attend. I used the Tesla in Full Self Drive. I went park-to-park without touching the wheel for over 200 miles. It's crazy. I don't think most people understand how well it works. Lots of nay-sayers still, but it really does work. Be on guard, but enjoy. I spent some of my time "driving" while conversing with Grok as part of my daydreaming. I was discussing with Grok an idea I have of building a West system (cold molded) old style barrel-back runabout maybe 20 feet long- all varnished Mahogony. Of course this boat would have an exotic 12-cylinder engine under a transparent engine hatch between the twin cockpits. We discussed the designs, available actual study plans and pre-lofted design documents for the hull. We also discussed the best engine (perhaps a BMW N73) coupled with a Velvet Dri...
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I don't know how it happened, but I have a few minutes to blog. I am in Bavaria Germany. The weather has been a bit rainy so I cannot appreciate the view of the alps. The food has been outstanding. I started thinking about the different places I have been staying each night. In another week I will not have spent more than two days in the same bed for weeks. Most places it it is one night. It is nomadic. It does get to you when you walk out in a hallway and just plain do not remember which way you are going and to go where? I am having a good time. I head back to Atlanta for one day and then up to Hampton, VA. for a meeting for a few days.

This is what a wind turbine looks like at 200kph (125 MPH) on the autobahn. No, I wasn't driving.

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