Tim Gaynor, of Reuters, has written a great article about the Border Patrol’s use of mounted agents to secure U.S. borders. Here’s an excerpt from the article: “Most of the traffic is being pushed into these mountainous areas which are harder to work. They are very remote,” said Bobbi Schad, a horse patrol supervisor from [...]
Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals, recently wrote a blog post mentioning his love of riding Segways. While I admit it might be fun to try one someday just to see what they’re like, Segways are far too expensive. He mentions you can rent one to tour DC, but you can also choose to [...]
In a previous article, I wrote that expensive gym memberships were unnecessary because people can exercise outside for free. Jon commented that outdoor exercise is not always practical because of weather or safety concerns. He had a good point. However, it’s also easy to exercise inside your own home without paying for a monthly gym [...]
When one of my favorite radio programs was moved to an HD radio station, I investigated purchasing an HD radio. WAMU transmitted The Ray Davis Show, playing bluegrass music over 88.5FM for many years before recently moving the program to their 88.5-2 HD radio station. Hybrid-digital (HD) radios pick up additional stations, such as the [...]
Some close friends of ours gave us a personal weather station as a house warming present. The system involves an outdoor sensor unit which transmits to an indoor base station. While not a low-tech system, I admit it is very nice to be able to check the outside temperature when inside and also check the [...]