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Tag: ChaseKBH

Shrinky Dinks for Custom Tokens, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Little Pony

March 28, 2018 9:00 PM James Howard Blog

Several months back, Chase and I were at a Pokémon TCG prerelease. I do not recall which prerelease it was, but it was at Alternate Worlds way out in Cockeysville. While there, Chase saw a Star Wars book and asked me about it. See, the only thing he loves more

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Unlocking the Box

December 28, 2017 10:01 PM James Howard Blog

There’s a legend that David Hewlett, the H in HP, was working after hours. Stephen Covey tells the story in The Speed of Trust, Hewlett stopped off one weekend at a company storeroom to pick up a tool, only to find that there was a lock on the tool bin.

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Some Fun Facts about the Moon and Sun

August 21, 2017 6:58 AM James Howard Blog

In a few hours, many of us will get to see a rare total eclipse of the Sun. Total eclipses are rare because a very tight alignment of the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are necessary. Even then, the alignment is so precise, the shadow of the Moon only

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India Adds Solar to its Trains

July 24, 2017 7:07 AM James Howard Blog

Last year, Chase asked me about solar-powered trains, and we did the analysis. Like a good little nerd, I posted the analysis here: Solar-Powered Trains Chase asked me why the MARC Train is not solar powered. I explained one line, the Penn Line, is electric and it gets power from

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Notes on Wastewater Treatment

July 3, 2017 7:51 AM James Howard Blog

Chase, I think in an attempt to avoid bedtime, asked me on Friday what happens to the water after it leaves the bathtub. Well, lucky for him, I spent a lot of time growing up in the LeSourdsville Regional Water Reclamation Facility. My father had worked in the LeSourdsville Facility

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Is Sewing Engineering?

December 13, 2016 7:03 AM James Howard Blog

Last night, Nina spent some time working on a holiday dress for Ducky. There will be another post about this next week, but Nina hit me with a question, How is this not engineering? And I responded, “It is.” But that’s only half the story. As I post on a

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Why I Won’t Play Greedy Dice

August 22, 2016 8:24 PM James Howard Blog

Chase and I have started playing the Pokémon Trading Card Game, a lot. Perhaps obviously, this comes from the confluence of two events. First, in July, we started playing Pokémon GO. Second, he turned 7. And 7 year-olds occasionally bring home random Pokémon cards. So we bought some. A bunch,

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