"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
I was up on the hill behind my house, moving a little antenna that I have, and was immediately struck by how blazing it was. Now that I am back inside, relaxing with the laptop, I did what every geek would: surf over to weather.com to find out how hot it was. This is what […]
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