I could not recall ever replacing the battery in my 2000 Saturn, so therefore I must assume that battery was more than 10 years old when it started to die. As the battery was dying, weird things began to occur; the power windows fuse blew out, the speedometer stopped working, the check engine light came on, et cetera. I got a new battery and replaced all the fuses I could locate myself, but the speedometer still refused to work and the check engine light was still on. Continue reading “The General’s General Maintenance”
Author: Steen
Steen is a nerdy biologist who spends a lot of time trying to cultivate Chloroflexi, who also likes to draw comics, play video games, and climb.
Skating Around
Doc and I have been learning to skateboard, which has been great fun. On two cheap boards which we got from yard sales, we’ve been skating around like wobbly dorks. It has been a lot of fun, and I have quickly fallen in love with skating. Piece-by-piece, we plan to upgrade every part of our boards with nicer components. Which of course brings to mind the paradox of Theseus’ ship. Continue reading “Skating Around”
Surprise: it’s uranium!
While walking around the Mission aimlessly on June 2nd, Doc and I wandered into Carousel Consignment to browse their wares. There we found a full set of depression-era uranium dioxide glassware:
Since Doc and I don’t have much space, and don’t do much entertaining (these two points are actually related), we went in on the set with Jon, who was pleased to have something to finally test his Geiger counter on.
They’re nice and purdy, with or without a UV light, and they have become our “special occasion” glassware.
Now we just need to buy some tonic water, fill them up, and check out how the two fluorescent sources look together under UV.