William and I were supposed to go on a scout trip this weekend, but it was cancelled. We decided to take matters into our own hands and have an overnighter at Tobyhanna state park. We had great weather, a lot of fun, and some pretty good fishing. William landed this nice largemouth that fed both [...]
More to my conspiracy theory of environmentalists against renewable energy sources. This story in the Chicago Tribune documents the protests regarding the transmission lines required to get power from a proposed solar facility in the southern California desert to where it will be useful. Do people have any clue? How do they THINK that energy [...]
I want one, badly. The Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) from Icon is supposedly targeting the adventure market, “the same people who but motorcycles and sport watercraft.” I’m sure they are right as long as those are also the same people who drive Porsches. The Icon will set you back $140K. Ahhh, to be wealthy.
Several news stories that caught my attention today:
The Financial Times reports on an increasing number of UK based companies that are reversing outsourcing strategies and bring production “back home”. The bigger trend remains in the other direction of course, but it is interesting to see how creative companies can get about reducing costs locally when [...]
