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Mechanical Design — HTML: I have written some mechanical design articles.
GNU/Linux — HTML: I run it on all my computers at home. I write stuff about it.
History Meetups — HTML: I have joined all sorts of history Meetups. I am trying to do my share of the work.

Individual Articles

History Movies — HTML: History movies are not always historically accurate. Who'd have thunk it?
The Hunger Games HOWTO — HTML: I have seen the movie. I have read the book. I am inspired!
Gun Surveys — HTML PDF: Discussion about guns and gun control is fairly deranged, based on all sorts of sloppy analysis and anecdotal information. I take a close look at some of it. I wrote and last updated this quite some time ago. I am not planning any updates, but I did re-read Kellerman's report. Kellerman did not include problems with alcohol in his stratified data. The data is interesting. For people with problems at work due to drinking, the odds ratio was 20:1 for victims versus controls. This was based on a mere twenty victims versus one actual control admitting to problems. Based on Kellerman's survey, alcoholism has a huge effect on your chances of being murdered, but the overall rate of it was not all that high. Kellerman is studying murders in the home, and as far as we know, alcohol is a big factor in domestic disputes. A person could have serious drinking problems, and not have problems at work. This is not a good control for alcohol.
AR15s and Liberty — HTML: Does the ownership of guns prevent tyranny?
Forum Censorship — HTML: Why were you blocked by or kicked off of Facebook or Twitter? Did you write it, or did you forward something somebody else wrote?
Gearhead Keyboard — HTML: I bought one of these things for my TV set.
Shirt Pockets — HTML: I have uncovered an evil plot! See the photo to the right.
Cartoons — HTML: When I was at Ryerson, I did cartoons for the Eyeopener. Of course, they did not have a website back when I was there. I was interested in doing cartoons for an engineering magazine, but I could not come up with enough good gags.
Do Not Assemble — HTML: I uncover yet another evil plot!
Zoombombing — HTML: I have experienced my first Zoombombing. It was not a meeting I organized, but we had to shut down and it generally sucked.
Kyle Rittenhouse and Friends — HTML: Kyle Rittenhouse has just been acquitted of all charges related to his shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Did it have to be this way?