"The avocado both looks and feels strangely overbuilt: its flesh is abundant, and its seeds are enormous. In fact, its proportions seem fundamentally mismatched to the modern world. There aren’t any animals alive today that are known to swallow the fruit whole; by extension, there are no animals that could disperse its seed effectively. Yet, having slip through evolutionary cracks, the fruit still persists. It’s globally cultivated and culturally beloved, but biologically speaking, it’s somewhat puzzling."
Monday, March 30, 2026
Avocados
3/28/26 Yahoo News article explains how humans replaced giant ground sloths as the method for spreading avocados. Really interesting story:
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Nebula Filter
Nebulae have distinctive dust clouds with some frequencies dominant. Especially under light-polluted skies, it is nice to bring up those frequencies at the expense of other frequencies.
So I bought this Asttomania Nebula filter. Yes, it brought tge Nebula out by r reducing transmission of other frequencies.
When Babylon Bee Hits It Out of the Park
3/29/26 Babylon Bee:
LEGOLAND, CA — Representatives from LEGO gathered at Legoland in San Diego to unveil a new series of building sets called ‘California Home' that requires kids to fill out building permits and wait two years before starting construction.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Have You Ever Wanted to Work With 21st Century Material?
I mentioned that my wife put the kibosh on carbon fiber composite machining. The dust gets everywhere and it is not the healthiest stuff to have blowing around, even if you are wearing a respirator. Before I put these pieces on eBay, I though I would all of you a chance to buy these pieces. You will be amazed at its lightness, stiffness, and tensile strength. I do not really have a price for any of these. If you can pay me for postage, that would be fine. These are all Dragonplate Economy Plate CFC:
Random scrap, mostly 1/2" and 1/4" thick. I have no idea for what these little scraps might be used, but they are amazingly stiff and strong.
2 6x6x1/8" glossy:
2001 A Space Travesty
Someone decided that the idea of the Naked Gun comedies crossed with Men in Black and a 2001 would be funny.
I watched aboutx30 minutes and decided it was a tragic failure. Leslie Neilsen's deadpan delivery is awesome. (If you arr sn antique you remember when he was known as a dramatic actor and a good one at that.
Nielsen can not save this. It is vulgar in ways that make Airplane and Naked Gun seem subtle. The sight gags are cute, but not enough of them to overcome the vulgarity
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