88 Years Ago Today: One of the Worst Engineering Disaster of the Century- it could happen again

Two and a half minutes before midnight on 12 March 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed, sending a surge of water and debris that killed an estimated six hundred people on…

Planing for good luck

“What’s your plan?”

Dread. Is this the wrong time to admit I don’t have one? Will it end up with yet another diatribe about how one must plan, perhaps followed by some catchy memorable bit of advice like: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance!

It’s Too Late To Prepare Once An Emergency/Catastrophe/Zombies Strike

Every day there is a news report about a catastrophe somewhere in the world. Flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, zombies, dam breaks, landslide, power outage, vampires, forest fire, you name it. If you talk…

What does it take to launch a Kickstarter campaign?

Behind the scenes of Hashtags Unplugged

I’m only covering the journey to launch in this post, running a campaign is a whole other story I haven’t lived yet.