Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 12

A one-hundred-percent rule for traffic laws

Laws should be set at the point at which we are willing and able to jail 100% of offenders. We should not make laws we are unwilling to enforce, nor where we encourage lawbreaking.

Eddie Doucette’s Potato Bread

This is an amazing bread for breakfast or sandwiches, easily made in a bread machine. It’s a great choice for National Sandwich Day this Friday.

Salted, roasted, pumpkin seeds

As we continue our quest to use all of Jack’s body parts, it is time to progress to his innards. Here is a simple, delicious use for your Hallowe’en pumpkin’s seeds. Jack’s got guts, I’ll say that for him!

Wondrous Weapons of Ancient Days

This 1982 Judges Guild product is a haphazard wall of weapons, but also a glimpse at some of the great gonzo culture of old-school gaming.

Lazlo Hollyfeld on the electric car

The problems with electric cars are insurmountable without completely new battery technology that no one who wants to mandate battery-powered cars is looking for. Almost as if the real purpose of electric cars is not transportation, but anti-transportation.

What will a useful electric car look like?

New technologies win by being better than previous technologies, not worse. The modern battery-powered car is ridiculously close to its turn of the century counterpart. They may look more modern, but the same hundred-year-old technology that has never met the needs of drivers still powers them and hobbles them.

Padmath in Ventura

Padmath stops working in Ventura because bc, which it relies on, now has a built-in abs function.

Plain & Fancy in the seventies with Hiram Walker

Enjoy a whole new world of fun, excitement and discovery in Hiram Walker Cordials, adding a personal touch to all your memorable moments and special occasions—plain or fancy!

Finding vintage cookbook downloads

There are several sites for finding vintage cookbooks, from general-purpose online archives to special collections at universities. Here are a few of my favorites.

Find all parent mailboxes in macOS Mail

The macOS Mail app seems to want to hide the existence of mailboxes and any sense of hierarchical storage. These two AppleScripts will help you find the full path to a selected message and open the message’s mailbox.