by Hyram Voltage | Nov 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I watched Mercury move across the face of the sun last week. Yes, it’s a big deal. It won’t happen for another decade. I got up early that morning and it was cloudy. The event only lasts for a couple of hours. I got on the computer and found a weather site... by Hyram Voltage | Aug 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
My heroine needs a flashlight. And she needs one bad. It’s 1895 and they don’t exist. After 1900 I could get away with it. Why didn’t they exist. Not because of batteries. Usable batteries had been developed by 1802 and telegraphs had been using... by Hyram Voltage | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Study the past and write about it. The Romans had a problem with employment, and they came up with a solution. We call it bread and circuses, I don’t know what the Romans called it. (today we call it the Internet and welfare). One of the reason they implemented... by Hyram Voltage | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
You’ve done it several times before. You read the instructions several times. You follows the instructions to the letter. You work hard, and do it right. And it blows up. And it wasn’t suppose to. That describes my weekend. I need to get rid of a block of... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
When automobiles took over the roads, what happened to the men who made the wheels for horse drawn vehicles? What happened to the men who installed gas lamps in houses when electricity took over, to the men who built ice boxes (that used large blocks of ice) when ice...