I have been running some tests in my home, in severe winter weather, to reduce the elevated upstairs room temperature due to over heated first floor air rise to the 2nd floor. My house design has a huge open two story atrium space in the middle area of the home. There is a large open balcony to the downstairs area. The space is easily 50% of the floor area. The home has two separate HVAC...
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Job: Love or Hate
I must be a very lucky or unusual person. Being a native U.S. citizen is the first (number one) reason for this awareness of luck. I have always loved every paid “job” I have had. Perhaps because I considered them a possible occupation. My work has always defined who I am. It’s where I spent most of my time and so always made the best of the experience. I have never been afraid to work...
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We experienced a two (plus) hour outage of our internet yesterday. Almost all our external communication is delivered by that system. The cable television, home phone line and of course our Internet data feeds are dependent on that connection. Its importance is second only to our electrical power feed. Our home is 100 percent electrical energy dependent. The immediate effect was how quite everything in the house had become. The power was on but only...
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Read a comment made by an old (youngish 66 year old) dude about his involvement with 3D printing. He said he is a retired engineer. The reason he loved 3D printing wasn’t from what he made. It was the complexity and constant challenge to learn and understand the technical process. The CAD; the item design; the CNC; the process; the hardware; the mental stimulation. It had to be complex and difficult or he wouldn’t be...
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