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Dead Poets

  • Mitch Smith

Mitch Smith

Dec 28, 2022
Dead Poets
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A graph of solar panel energy output versus hours of the day on Nov 5-6, 2025. 28.6 kWh of electricity was produced during daylight, and 0.0 kWh or electricity was produced under a full moon.

At the Circus

“If you can come up with something that [rich people will] regard as special, you can really make a lot of money selling to them,” said Robert Frank, a professor of management and economics at Cornell. “So, a lot of the ingenuity in the economy gets directed to things that
Dec 9, 2025 8 min read
By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

I am not an engineer, let alone an aerospace engineer. The closest I come is a sort of, kinda, genetic engineer, which is very much not the same thing. Any screw-ups in this post are mine and, if you spot any, I welcome corrections. In the previous post we talked
Dec 4, 2025 4 min read
Demands on Sunlight

Demands on Sunlight

It's time for some silliness. At least I think it's silliness. Because if it isn't silliness it's a nightmare. A flash in the pan In the pre-dawn morning of February 4, 1999, a bright beam of light swept across Western Europe. Starting
Dec 2, 2025 4 min read
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