Chazd's (Charles Dowdell's) News Burps

Angie and I are back from a few days in Jamaica. It was the first time we every stayed in an all-inclusive resort. We did some side trips, but mostly chilled. We got back into Atlanta on 4:00 PM on thanksgiving. We put the 14 pound frozen turkey (with olive oil, some white wine, a tied bough of tarragon, salt and pepper) in the pressure cooker and it was done in 1 hour 15 minutes set on 10 PSI steam. It really is a great way to cook a turkey well and fast. Its a lot safer than a deep fry as well.

I took a course on blockchain today. Atlanta is well setup for the next plays in "fintech". It was good to get access to some of the folks who have been working in this area for the last 8 or 9 years. Like a lot of inventions, it is is technology looking for an application. My belief is that with cryptocurrency there is opportunity. I think specific opportunity is to break the geography of currency. Why are particular tracts of land (Read; Countries and reserve banks) tied so closely to main stream currencies? This is a so-called "digitization" opportunity moving the human race into the future. It is fun to expand my personal understanding.

I really like this guy's electronics videos. I understand that they may have cult-like following like Bob Ross or something, but he does give lots of great information and tips. I find this video to be quite good in support of fixing "All American 5" radios. I particularly like the details on rebuilding the IF transformers (23:47). I have several that could use a tune up. I also like that he is giving these antique radios the respect they deserve. Note that this radio was built in Utica NY.

Back again-- again in Duluth from NY. No broadband internet at all in NY. Total crap. Rumor has it that my street is getting fiber in the next 2 months though. We will see. We did a lot more work to the house and installed hardwood floors. More trips to the scrap yard. More trips to the dump. More trips to secret tire island and more trips to the can man. It is endless. I have been having chronic neck pain and I have been going to a Korean terrorist, I mean therapist. A pic of grace the cat. A typical redneck truck in upstate NY-- surprising it just doesn't break in half with all the tin-worm infestation. I always vote in NY, but this year I voted in person. Angie served as the local Russian interference agent in Berkshire NY. We had some business in Maryland so we visited the Antietam Civil war battleground. Interesting. The skills and courtesy of professional truck drivers has fallen in my eyes. It gets dangerous as these guys in these huge machines hang out in the left lane, not