Strava map of chasing a toddler and pre-schooler around a playground for 15 minutes
Strava’s GPS tracking feature is so much fun—especially when you forget that it’s on.
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Important tips for analyzing monthly electricity usage
Would you like a nice chart showing your monthly electricity usage? I’ll show you how to build it.
Enhanced weekly electricity reports
Every week ComEd, my electricity company, sends me a report on how much electricity I’ve used in the past week. This report is very helpful, because it compares this week to last week. If I changed any of my electricity habits, like not running the dehumidifier, I can see the impact right away. Why weekly …
MAR 10 is MARIO day
I saw on National Day Calendar that today is National Mario Day. Now I know why it’s on March 10. Funny how National Day Calendar’s page doesn’t mention anything about how MAR 10 looks like MARIO. I love little word plays like this. It’s like May 4th being Star Wars day (aka “May the 4th …
The Spudart Notepad
A new section on Spudart.org for ideas I’m building a place on spudart.org for my quick thoughts and beginning ideas. This will be public place on the site for anyone to see. I have so many unpublished ideas that never get out there. I feel like there should be some place for these things to …
Two simple minutes
When you see something interesting, you might stop, pull out your phone and snap a pic. Then you move on. Good for you to stop and capture the picture! But what if you spent a little more time with that interesting subject? Maybe slow down and take a one-minute video. That’s what David Friedman of …
What I learned this week from February 26, 2021
This week I learned that seahorse skeletons are amazing, Gobots were once humans, and Tuffy Rhodes tied Japan’s single season HR record
What I learned this week from February 19, 2021
This week I learned how power lines can burn through sidewalks, and why cars have ‘grab handles’ above the doors
What I learned this week from February 12, 2021
This week I learned about golf balls found on the moon, fathoms as hugs, and double-cycle snowblowers.
What I learned this week from February 5, 2021
Clubhouse, Trapper Keepers, and what Jupiter would look like on our horizon if was the place of our Moon.
What I learned this week from January 29, 2021
This week I learned about joy, mazes, White House factoids, Hank Aaron, and a bunch more.