In 1928 they built a concrete road in Santa Fe and they were pretty proud of it. How do I know the year and that they were proud of it? They inserted a brass plaque in the concrete: The road is now an...Read More
Sometime in the last month I went over 2000 blog entries on simonburrow.com/ When I started in 2006 this was my first blog entry: Maxim of the Week January 1, 2006 Posted by Simon What you Measure wil...Read More
In Santa Fe what I have always called a speed bump is called a speed hump. We suspect that this is a local or geographic difference like “soda” vs “pop”. But we need more d...Read More
Facebook Privacy vs US Postal Service Privacy The USPS delivers junk mail (spam) They come to your house every day. They will sell your name and address to anyone. If you move they stalk you and ̶...Read More
For anyone trying to hold thing together in the New Year these are the three essential tools: WD-40 for things that stick when they should move. Duct Tape for thing that move when they shouldn...Read More
Last week in Oregon we had a nice discussion about when a dead tree becomes a log. Our conclusion (open to revision if more data comes in) is that a reasonably large tree has to be cut down and the br...Read More
New Years Day started auspiciously, we were going to walk about a mile down to the parade but our neighbors were driving down and offered us a ride. Never look a gift ride in the mouth. who are the ...Read More
Okay people of Pasadena focus all of your attention on the good things that the Rose Parade does for us. The local pride, the publicity, the history, the sense of community, the awesome beauty of th...Read More