Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

Good action-y sci-fi. Kept wanting to read it even if was bed-time.

Was a gift for my 2019 birthday from My Little Family. Was a wonderful gift.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Liked it. Long. Strong and profound Ending.

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience ( Read more... )

2011 Honda Pilot - oil change

4.5qts 5w20 oil + a new filter

Odometer was at 110,428miles

1998 Jeep Cherokee - donated to KCET

KCET's website has a "donate your car" link. Called the phone number.

Had to have my pink slip (certificate of title). Scheduled a pick-up date and time window.

So, last week the tow truck came. Had to fill-out, sign, and thumb-print all the paper work, and then they towed it away.

Hopefully this modest ( Read more... )

Debian 9 stable == > Debian 10 stable installation

Steps were identical for when I did the Debian 8 stable == > Debian 9 stable installation.

Only differences were that sudo was already installed by default, so I did not have to have aptitude install it.

EDIT 2019-10-19

For my current Debian PC, which is a vintage Gateway laptop. I did have ( Read more... )

2011 Honda Pilot - ATF fluid change

3.5qts DW-1 Honda ATF

Odometer was at 108,465miles

EDIT 2019-08-18

After putting in the 3.5q of ATF and doing a small drive, upon checking the ATF dipstick, the fluid level was below the two dots. Added another 1/2quart of ATF, for 4qts total, for this change. Guessing the car is starting to leak some ATF ( Read more... )

Cleaning grease build-up on kitchen hood exhaust fan filters - baking soda solution

About twice a year, the kitchen stove exhaust fan grease filters get clogged with greasy "gunk"

I used to try to just use dish soap and a dish brush, but the brush would just load up with the gunk, and not really remove it from the filters well, and now the ( Read more... )

The History Of The Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago

Liked it.

Similar storytelling pattern, in a good way, to another of Saramago's novels: "Death With Interruptions."

A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller

Sci-fi

Wow.

Liked it. Liked it more than I thought I would.

Interesting intersections of religion, faith, history, humanity, and cycles of civilization. Excellent twist at the very end.

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EDIT 2023-02-11 Re-reading the book, taking notes. Now that I am Older, I appreciate the story even more ( Read more... )

SETI - low hanging fruit next-step idea - active broadcast

I would like to see SETI receive funding and infrastructure to begin actively sending radio transmission broadcasts to candidate star systems, in the hopes of receiving a response.

It seems a low-hanging fruit next step. To try to determine if there are other civilizations out there, ( Read more... )