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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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Tapping Into Spring I had a groundhog snap this picture when I was out back tapping birch trees. I enjoyed a particular trait of the holder tractor today. When you are in very tight quarters in between trees, the articulated steering helps you get out of spots you get into. With standard steering you can never track exactly the same in as you can when you are backing out in reverse. Interesting.
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Cooks.com - Recipe - BIRCH BEER One of things on my list today is to get a black birch tree tapped to make birch beer. Enough snow has melted. I can get out back in the tractor.
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CareerJournal | How to Reduce Stress at Work I am up thinking of work again. I must get better at dealing with some things. It is Saturday morning. What differnce can I make today. Perhaps in myself, certainly nothing at work.
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Got Mead?: Honey Wine-Making mead?and?Buying?Mead?(Honey Wine) Work was tough today, this week, this month.. Ah hell. Toils it is... Nothing but toils. If nothing else, management is challenging. The moon was in a bad phase today... crabby customers. We just bottled some mead over at Michele and Scott's house. It looks good. It is a fun hobby. I might make a birch mead after I bottle the melomel I have ready to rack now. Fawna is not much better today. We are optimistic about the warmer weather helping her out though.
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Adventure Network International - Home It is summer in Antarctica. I am swamped at work.
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Soil Supplies - Best Buds Garden Supply It is a new day and although I lost some sleep last night think, I hope that I taught myself something.
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eBay View About Me for chazd1 Weird, I had two boxes of different versions of McAffe Virus software listed on eBay for sale. Poof!! they are gone, no explanation, no word on where they went. The other stuff is still listed. I suspect that the McAffe license forbids resale or something and ebay just pulls the ads. It certainly doesn't seem right. But that is the way it goes.
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