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Author Archives: Kevin Wilcox
Flying Yachts anyone?
A friend pinged me on FB this morning with a very interesting link. For those of us who have millions to throw around, hang on to your wallets because this one’s on the drawing board: At last, a hi-tech superyacht … Continue reading
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NOVA: The Parthenon
I was haunting the finish carpentry forum of one of my favorite construction sites JLC Online last night when I ran across an interesting thread. It seems that the Parthenon has been a restoration project for the last 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Our Fragile Planet
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Here’s something cool!
I ran across this one last night. How about a plug-in solar panel! Ok, not rocket science you might think but not so fast… Here’s a quote from a recent CNN article on this: “The company, Clarian Power, aims to … Continue reading
Why our planet is “fragile”
By now, it should be pretty obvious to everybody that global warming is a fact. More likely than not, it is we humans who are precipitating it as well. Given this, the “There is no global warming” camp now appears … Continue reading
Posted in Our Fragile Planet
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Why can’t we build Interstate systems any more?
Think about it. In 1956 the largest public works project in our history was undertaken. Today, what would be considered the unthinkable occurred: government came in and took possession of homes, sometimes whole towns as part of a plan to … Continue reading
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WordPress Template Customization
Steep learning curve. It took a bit of work to get EW working for CSS customizations on this site.
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WordPress Installation
I just completed the wordpress install. Interesting time. To actually get the “5 minute install” working I had to set up the wordpress site and launch the readme file. That took 45 minutes…
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