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Outside magazine, maybe in 1981 or 1982, ran an editorial saying that GPS systems would soon be cheap enough to be in the hands of the average outdoors person/backpacker, and how would this change the outdoors experience?

I heartily recommend Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven. For a long time, I told anyone who listened that it was the only good poem. I would quote pieces of it to them.

That’s a wrapper for Brown Butter and Sea Salt rice krispy treats that I bought at a Sprouts grocery store in Fort Collins, CO.

I usually dislike single-purpose tools. Single-purpose tools are either for tradesmen who do the same task repetitively, or they’re appliances that can’t be used in any other fashion.

One exception to this is the plastic hair-clog drain cleaner. It’s only useful on drains that have clogs of hair or other fibrous material, and you must have one in your abode, unless you and everyone who showers there is bald.

A Museum You Should Visit

If you’re in or near Hutchinson, KS, you really should spend half a day at Strataca, previously known as the Kansas Underground Salt Museum.

You could combine this with a visit to the nearby Cosmosphere for a really weird experience.

As I’ve written before, now that I’ve retired, I can devote time to my hobbies. I’ve set up a “home lab”, what we home computer enthusiasts call our computer and router setups. This is different than gamer’s “rigs”, in that a “server” is required, and it’s not allowed to have disturbingly-illuminated keyboards and cases. The aesthetic is completely different.

We often try to emulate corporate data centers by purchasing depreciated business-class machines from refurbishers.

Here’s my homelab:

A museum you should visit

If you’re in or near Hutchinson, KS, you should visit the Cosmosphere. Heck, if you’re in Wichita, you should visit the Cosmosphere. It’s that good.