News and Views

That’s what this Supreme Court decision means to me: affordable health care, and complete coverage. It means that I can have coverage over my urinary tract, the whole of which is excluded by my current insurance because of a benign bladder polyp removed 12 years ago. As a 61-year old man with an excluded urinary […]

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June solar energy generation was just about the same as May, and the savings were about the same too — $175 saved in May, and $185 in June. The days are a little longer in June, but the warmer temperatures reduce the solar panel efficiency too, so it’s just about a wash. I’m still generating […]

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We are home. On Monday we left our Maine B&B and drove down to Boston where we spent the night. In the morning we visited the JFK Presidential Library and Museum. This is the first Presidential Library I have visited and I enjoyed it. It took me back to the late 50s and early 60s, […]

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Acadia was the first National Park east of the Mississippi. It’s on an island just off the coast of Maine, and contains the highest mountain on the east coast, Cadillac Mountain, at 1563 feet tall. They claim that at certain times of the year Cadillac Mountain is the first point in the US to see […]

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We are are staying at a very nice Bed and Breakfast inn on the central coast of Maine, called the Weskeag Inn. It’s an old three story farmhouse modernized and adapted to accommodate up to 20 guests. There are only 4 or 5 here this weekend, so it’s very quiet. Here’s our room, small but […]

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We’ve been in New Haven, Connecticut now for 3 days. It’s a very nice little town/city. The conference went as well as they usually go. Our two talks also went well, with lots of questions (that’s usually a sign of interest). Here’s a picture taken on the campus of Yale, a block from our hotel. […]

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Gisele and I are in the City this week. We’re staying in a Holiday Inn about 2 blocks from Central Park, and one subway stop from Broadway and Times Square. We are here with our friends Les and Sonia. On Friday we went to the 911 Memorial at Ground Zero, and then Chinatown. Saturday was […]

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The UCS is preparing to release a report titled, “Electric Vehicles’ Global Warming Emissions and Fuel-Cost Savings Across the United States“. You can download the full report here. They compare electric cars to gasoline-only and hybrid cars, and find that depending on where you live, electric cars (charged from the grid) generate the same amount […]

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Summer is (unofficially) here. The Weather Service is predicting 112 degrees today, 2 degrees over the record for the date. At least it’s dry and the nights are still cooling off into the 70s. We leave our windows open most of the night and sleep comfortably, but that’s going to end in a few weeks […]

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