GeezerCast » The farm

GC045 – Obama and biofuels

Mike O'Connor — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:26:42 +0000

Couple things on my mind today. I’m pleased with how things are going with Barack Obama’s campaign and like the implications for you my unborn grandchildren. And Marcie just forwarded an interesting piece from the Times that supports my view that biofuels are dumb — at least the way we’re approaching them right now.

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GC033 — Weather station repeaters, and wireless Internet

Mike O'Connor — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:18:36 +0000

Mostly this is the tale of fixing my Davis Vantage Pro weather station’s repeaters after the system conked out yesterday. I almost typed the word “diagnosing” instead of “fixing” in that first sentence, but truth be told I never figured out why the things crapped out, or how I fixed them. The experience provided me a springboard to rant some more about wireless Internet.

By the way you can view the offending weather stations (who knows whether they’ll be up or not) at www.farm.haven.com, we were working on the “on top” one.

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GC031 — Weather station

Mike O'Connor — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:51:57 +0000

A wonderful geek project at the farm, putting up a weather station. I recount the adventure while simultaneously whining about my back, which went out for the first time in at least a decade yesterday.

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GC030 — Success at the farm, and the recent elections

Mike O'Connor — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:49:30 +0000

This is the GeezerCast where I am hoping to forever depart from the “howcum the polls are so out of step with the government” ploy that I’ve been using. Darn nifty election, you bet. I also recount a few farm implement adventures, which also turned out just fine.

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GC028 – Prairie seeds and the farm

Mike O'Connor — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:49:48 +0000

We (especially Marcie) spend a huge amount of time and energy restoring our farm to the native habitat that was here before settlers came. I spend a little time talking about where we get the seeds for that project along with some other prairie-farming tidbits.

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