Insomnia actually is something to lose sleep over.

Finally, my doctor has prescribed sleeping pills for those occasional nights when sleep simply will not come.

The warning sticker on the bottle: "May cause drowsiness"

Well... I would rather hope so!

PRESS ENTER TO EXIT

So, I'm currently on EI. This will be ending this month (got myself a job ( Read more... )

Fourteen months ago, at "Market Day at Birka", I purchased a Empress Maria Theresa thaler (a silver trade coin that has been in continuous striking since 1780) for use in interpretation at Kings Landing. Immediately after purchase, it went M.I.A ( Read more... )

Shop is back "on limits" ...as soon as I can get to it.

Along about 10pm this evening, the house heaved a couple of times, followed by some aftershocks. Here is the result:


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This is what is hanging over my shop door and it could release without warning at any time. It ranges from 12" to 18" thick and is made of compressed snow that has been soaked with rain and then re-frozen. I estimate that this overhang may weigh well over a ton ( Read more... )

A lot of folks don't know that disk drive heads are positioned using the equivalent of an audio speaker coil (with a feedback loop to determine position). Audio coil, eh?

( Fascinating YouTube video behind the cut )

Caterpillar calisthenics:

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1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight