Ken on May 20th, 2008

I was having coffee outside on a deck today and decided that I wanted to know what direction I was facing. I looked at my wrist watch to notice the time relative to Noon and it gave me a ballpark bearing on South, because the sun is always due South at Noon (actually, Noon - [...]

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Ken on May 5th, 2008

Over the Christmas holiday I flew to my folks, and in route, was given a water bottle by a flight attendant. I looked at the neck and saw the optical qualities that I thought could be used to make a fire. Sure enough, when I returned home I gave it a try and it worked. [...]

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