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Why do San Francisco Fire Hydrants Look Weird?

What makes them short, fat, and covered in valves?

Aug 10, 2018

Why do San Francisco Fire Hydrants Look Weird?

Aug 10, 2018

Kevin Bralten

Sometimes life is stateful

As a teenager I once had the summer job of managing a whole warehouse full of archived files — I’m proud to say this took me only a few…

Apr 17, 2018

Sometimes life is stateful

Apr 17, 2018

Kevin Bralten

Toddlers are afraid of clocks

Small children are afraid of a laundry-list of things, often including laundry, but I’ll share an odd observation: most children are afraid…

Apr 13, 2018

Toddlers are afraid of clocks

Apr 13, 2018

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Crystals, no seriously

You may have heard that Europe is losing time. Unfortunately, why is usually poorly explained — you probably saw three statements (1) a…

Apr 2, 2018

Crystals, no seriously

Apr 2, 2018

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The magic of 5 fingers for decisions

Imagine you need to make a decision about something (like say what to have for lunch), for most people this is a simple process of looking…

Mar 29, 2018

The magic of 5 fingers for decisions

Mar 29, 2018

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50 Billion Gallons per Year

The Physics Fact Book is brilliant because it’s so much more than facts about more than just physics and it’s not even a book (don’t you…

Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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Dry Cleaning

Dry Cleaning is a seemingly mysterious topic — there’s a place and you take clothes there and then you pick up clean clothes. But what is…

Feb 6, 2018

Dry Cleaning

Feb 6, 2018

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Trolley Poles

Aside from being less “iconic”, the new TTC Flexity Outlook rolling stock is also unique in having both a trolley pole that sticks up like…

Jan 29, 2018

Trolley Poles

Jan 29, 2018

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Torquing Spark Plugs

I bought spark plugs the other day and they had a very general chart with torque specifications on the back of the box. The box has columns…

Jan 26, 2018

Torquing Spark Plugs

Jan 26, 2018

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Choosing a print size in the hardest possible way

I have a cat, who I have taken many many pictures of over the years, but I do not have pictures of the cat displayed anywhere. To the…

Jan 16, 2018

Choosing a print size in the hardest possible way

Jan 16, 2018

Kevin Bralten

Kevin Bralten

A generalist who solves problems by similarity using experience in wilderness education, logistics, electronics, mortgages, software, and metal recycling.

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