Up until a year or so ago I had a Taiwanese roommate named Ta-Chien. His name means “Big Thousand” in Chinese. Obviously his mom was thinking of money when she named him, or perhaps she named him after waking up from a very long nap of counting sheep. Anyway, his non-Mandarin-speaking friends have difficulty pronouncing ...
CLASS NAME: BY-PASS OIL FILTER 101 Today’s lesson objectives, boys and girls: – You will learn about inexpensive and readily available technology that pretty much kills engine wear that occurs while running your engine. – As an added benefit, this same technology pretty much offers the physical equivalent of an oil change for every 10 ...
I have a love-hate relationship with my laptop: Any time my laptop enables me to think less and do more work then it’s a good thing. Obviously I love the speed in which my computer enables me to get most things done. But I hateto think that my life is so dependent on computer technology ...
So… Ya Wanna Make Some Biodiesel? Thinking about setting up a biodiesel “still” in the backyard? Researching biodiesel as a process as well as a philosophy (lifestyle), but having limited success? Don’t know what to think about biodiesel in general? Getting frustrated and thinking about giving up? Hold it! You are to be commended for ...
THE MOTHER OF NECESSITY 1960 began literally with a “bang” over the skies of the Soviet Union. The bang was a horrible sound, an explosion which marked the detonation of a SAM 2 antiaircraft missile meeting its target. A few minutes later, the twisted wreckage of an American spy plane came tumbling down. In 1962, ...
Beloved Friends, Heard about biodiesel but think it’s a bunch of hogwash? Heard about folks making this stuff at home and wondering whether it was for real? Take some time to read this. This is a real-life Big Johnny story about free fuel for your (diesel) car or truck. FIRST… MAKE THE JUMP TO A ...
