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====== Archive of Esoterica ======
Note: Also check Projects & Reference.\\

===== Architecture & Buildings =====
  * [[info:pics:Houston Opera]]
  * [[info:pics:San Souci Hotel]] Miami Beach Honeymoon designed by Morris Lapidus

===== Atomic Info =====
  * [[info:Bikini Island]] Bomb test

===== Ads (classic) - Magazine =====
  * [[info:VW Woman Drivers]]
  * [[info:Southwest Air miniskirts ]] 1970's lineup
  * [[info:SouthWest Air Fashion 1970s]]
  * [[info:March 1955 Hertz]]
  * [[info:November 1955 Hertz]]
  * [[info:November 1959 Edsel]]
  * [[info:1955 Gun for Christmas]]
  * [[info:Etch A Sketch 1960]] also typewriter
  * [[info:1971 Color TV]]

===== Ads (contemporary) - Magazine =====
   * [[info:images:Jeans Ad Feb 2010]] Elle Magazine
   * [[info:images:Lawnmower Yoga June 2011]]
   * [[info:images:Sam Edelman Mag ad March 2011]] topless model
   * [[info:images:Joes Jeans Mag ad March 2011]] topless model
   * [[info:images:Salsa Sculpture ad March 2011]] model posing with sculpture
   * [[info:images:Hospitable jeans ad Aug 2011]] (Correction:Habitual Jeans)
   * [[info:images:Topless Greenhouse Model]]

===== Birds - Nature =====
   * [[info:Horned Owl]]
   * [[info:Carolina Blues]]
   * [[info:Hummingbirds May 2009]] N&O May 15, 2009
   * [[info:Joy of Koi May 2009]] N&O May 26, 2009
   * [[info:Bird Watching as Sport Feb 2010]] N&O Feb 7, 2010
   * [[info:Bird House Pole Feb 2010]]
   * [[info:Bailey Bird House Pattern March 2010]]
   * [[info:SC Audubon Forest Feb 2010]] Beidsley Forest

===== Book Reviews =====
  * [[info:Effect, Value of Siblings Oct 2011]] Jeffrey Kluger
  * [[info:Charles Frazier's new book keeps focus on Appalachia]] Nightwoods Oct 2011
  * [[info:Murakami's Mega Opus 20111106]] NY Times 1Q84 Nov 6, 2011
  * [[info:A time traveler goes back to save JFK from a bullet]]
  * [[info:Blogger takes on myths about romance novels]] N&O Feb 2012
  * {{::mark_haddon_picks_to_the_lighthouse_.pdf|To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, WSJ Book club}}

===== Book Trivia =====

* [[info:Greek Series Book Order]] Greek Island Author Sara Alexi

===== Book/Movie Reviews =====
  * [[info:The Angel For Lost Children]] - Richard Paul Evans, Christmas Box author
  * [[info:Charlotte Simmons]] - Tom Wolfe
  * [[info:Murakami running 08/03/2008]] - N&O Aug 3, 2008
  * [[info:Edgerton Bible Salesman 08/10/2008]] - N&O Aug 10, 2008
  * [[info:I.O.U.S.A. Aug 2008]] N&O review of economists movie of dire predictions of US debt
  * [[info:5 great books on Oprah by Tea Leone]]
  * [[info:How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened and What to Do About It  by Shiller]]
  * [[info:the Bubbleoligist]] Economist Robert J Shiller predictions
  * [[info:the Great Inflation and Aftermath]] Bloomberg review of Robert Samuelson book Nov 7, 2008 
  * [[Great Inflation NYT review]] Robert Samuelson Book reviewed Nov 13, 2008
  * [[info:100 Notable Books of 2008]] NY Times Dec 7, 2008
  * [[info:100 Notable Books of 2007]] NY Times Dec 7, 2007
  * [[info:10 Best Books of 2006]] NY Times Dec 7, 2006
  * [[info:Rich Like Them]] N-O Jan 18, 2009
  * [[info:Hazardous to your Health?]] N-O March 15, 2009 Traffic book review
  * [[info:Faking it At Princeton]] N-O May 24, 2009 book review
  * [[info:Revolutionary Road and Defiance]] N-O June 5, 2009 DVD picks
  * [[info:K Blows Top - Parade]] June 7, 2009 review
  * [[info:Oprahs 2009 Reads]] June 2009 Oprah.com
  * [[info:Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It]] N&O Jul 12, 2009
  * [[info:My dear, what's a Southern novel?]] N&O Jul 12, 2009
  * [[info:Return to Sullivan Island]] N&O Jul 12, 2009
  * [[info:review:Food Inc]] N&O Jul 17, 2009
  * {{:webclips:Gone_With_The_Wind_and_the_confederacy.htm |Gone With the Wind and the Confederacy (Jul 2015)}}
  * [[info:review:South of Broad - Pat Conroy]] N&O Aug 9, 2009
  * [[info:review:Conroy conquers the South]] N&O Aug 23, 2009
  * [[info:review:Nicholas Sparks Last Song]] N&O Sep 8, 2009
  * [[info:review:New in paperback The House On First Street, My New Orleans Story]] N&O Oct 18, 2009
  * [[info:review:Sick of Smiley Faces]] N&O Oct 18, 2009
  * [[info:review:New paperbacks: Snowball]] N&O Dec, 2009
  * [[info:review:Fair Maiden]] N&O Jan, 2010
  * [[info:review:In the Land of Believers]] N&O Feb, 2010
  * [[info:review:Every Day in Tuscany]] N&O March 14, 2010
  * [[info:review:Pandoras Seed Aug 2010]] N&O 
  * [[info:review:Sparks goes for Action Sep 2010]] Charlotte Observer Nicholas Sparks "Safe Haven"
  * [[info:review:Reality A and Reality B Dec 2010]] by Haruki Murakami NY Times
  * [[info:review:Mountain of Crumbs]] Outliving an Empire
  * [[info:review:Clash of Titans]] Wall St crisis N&O Dec 2010
  * [[info:review:Kindle Singles]] NYT Medium column Feb 2011
  * [[info:review:faking It N&O April 2011]] NC state Professor writing what she knows
  * [[info:review:Saving NC coastline by letting it wash away]] Sept 18, 2011 N&O
  * [[info:review:50 shades of best-selling ‘smut’ By Celia Rivenbark]] April 22, 2012 N&O

===== Clippings =====
  * [[info:Trip to Greenhouse starts passion March 23, 1991]] N&O, the Libbie story
  * [[info:Lady Luck March 31, 2010]] Cary News, Apex immigrants lottery winners
  * [[info:Twisted Stem Floral June, 2011]] 
  * [[info:A Peek at The Royal Thong July, 2011]] 
  * [[info:PBS Quilt Show Sept, 2011]] 
  * {{ ::drive-through_cinco_de_mayo_fiesta_says_gracias_to_huntington_beach_school_staff_orange_county_register.pdf |Christa's Drive Through Cinco de Mayo May 2020}}
  * {{ ::scared_and_excited_greg_fishel_s_leap_of_faith_leads_him_away_from_north_carolina_raleigh_news_observer.pdf |Greg Fishel update July 30, 2020}}

===== Current Topics =====
  * [[info:images:Disney Concert Hall]]
  * [[info:images:ABC News Breast Exam Oct 2009]] Washington DC ABC affiliate
  * [[info:images:Renee Fleming Dark Hope June 2010]] album cover
  * [[info:images:Amanda Hedgepeth Honeymoon June 2010]] humor from Facebook
  * [[info:images:Jerry-Wanda Divorce]] from Facebook
  * [[info:images:Dependable Erection - Seegar Fence]]
  * [[info:images:Sculpture Model Angel Similar Pic]]
  * [[info:images:Jack WE magazine jul 1980]]
  * [[info:images:Joes Roan Mt pic Sept 2010]]
  * [[info:images:A Sexy Pose Jan 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Selby Tree Lighting Dec 2010]]
  * [[info:images:Elle Open Shirted Model Feb 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Heather Morris April 2011]] Toned on TV
  * [[info:images:Nude Bike Ad April 2011]] Russian Maxim
  * [[info:images:Pippa Middleton May 2011]] Kate's sister
  * [[info:images:Clinton corkscrew May 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Russian Diver June 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Miss NC the Soprano July 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Scarlett Johannsen hacked cell Sep 2011]]
  * [[info:images:Julian Hough bikini]] Oct 2011
  * [[info:images:Maple Labia]] ad Nov 2011 Shape Mag
  * [[info:images:Selena-Justin bikini pics]] Jan 2012
  * [[info:Evan Rachel Wood 2007]] Across the Universe
  * [[info:Awesome]] Humor Labia font

===== Encryption Notes =====

* [[info:Encrypt procedure]]
  * [[info:TG 7Z stuff]]

===== Essays =====
  * [[Awe of Christmas]] WSJ Dec 22, 2023
===== Hacking  =====
  * {{ ::esp8266_deauther-master.zip |Esp8266 WiFi DeAuthorizing hack machine}}
  * {{ ::bypassing_multi-function_led_controllers_auschristmaslighting_12_3_2023_7_57_41_am_.html |Bypassing MultiFunction Controller Christmas Lights}}

===== History =====
  * [[First Digital Camera]]
  * [[Dunellen Diner]]
  * [[April 2011 NC Tornados]]
  * [[Feb 2013 Fischers Catalog]] NJ African Violet Commercial 1992
  * {{:webclips:History_of_the_bikini.htm |History of the Bikini (Slate July 2015)}}

===== How Stuff Works =====
  * [[info:howto:Electric Motor Centrifugal Switch]]
  * [[info:howto:Capacitor Motor Starting]]

===== HVAC =====
  * [[info:howto:Duct sizing rules of thumb]]
  * [[info:howto:Wuick Manual D duct-sizing calculations]]
  * [[info:howto:HVAC Duct Sizing notes]]
  * [[info:howto:HVAC Duct SB CFM Measurements July 2009]]
  * [[info:howto:Grainger Catalog page of blower sizes Apr 2010]]
  * [[info:howto:Downing Place May 2010 CFM MEasurements]]
  * [[info:howto:3 way switch]]
  * [[info:howto:Water Vapor Pressure calcs]]
  * [[info:howto:Water Vapor Pressure Project notes]]

===== Humor =====
  * [[info:Screwed by Lawyer]] Aug 2008
  * [[info:Nuclear Power and Little Girls]] Aug 2008
  * [[info:Congressman and Cowboys]] Aug 2008
  * [[info:Congressman and Cowboys]] Aug 2008
  * [[info:Live to 80]] March 2010
  * [[info:Computer quote Sept 2010]]  
  * [[info:Republican GPA Jan 2012]]
  * [[info:Republican Homeless Man Jan 2012]]

===== Interesting Facts & Details =====
  * 2001 [[info:Paris Trip itinerary]]
  
  * [[info:Sarasota Leaky Pipe Mystery]] - May 14, 2006
  * [[info:Route 66 Decay]] - N-O June 17, 2007
  * [[info:Silver Spring June 17]], 2007 NY Times
  * [[info:Sarasota Opera Remodeling]] June 2007
  * [[info:Sarasota Opera Reopens]] March 2008
  * [[info:Sarasota Opera Love and Money]] February 2008
  * [[info:Colorado Candy June 2007]]
  * [[info:Apex in Family Circle June 2008]]
  * [[info:Toms paper philosophy affirmed]]
  * [[info:Literacy Debate, Online R U Reading]]? NY Times July 27, 2008
  * [[info:Squeeze Bottle Manufacturer Label]]
  * [[info:Thales Academy Apex Dec 2008]]
  * [[info:Advice for Laid Off Engineers]] Forbes Jan 2009, nice entrepreneur article
  * [[info:Marcellus Gas leaks]]
  * [[info:Googles Server unveiled]] April 2009
  * [[info:Apex Development June 2009]]
  * [[info:Cashing in that Clunker July 30, 2009]] WSJ
  * [[info:Elated dealers awash in clunkers August 1, 2009]] N&O
  * [[info:Legacy Trail Trestle bridges]] Sarasota Herald 2009
  * [[info:Legacy Trail Pedestrian bridge]] Sarasota Herald Nov 2010
  * [[info:Ben Bernanke Graduation Speech May 2010]] Univ of SC
  * [[info:Legacy Trail Pedestrian Opening Nov 4 2011]] Sarasota Herald Nov 4 2011

===== Misc Stuff =====
  * [[info:When It's All Too Much]] - Parade Jan 4, 2004
  * [[info:Hot August 2007]]
  * [[info:Self Publishing Perils 2007]]
  * [[info:chatchki origins 2007]]
  * [[info:LED Pioneers Dec 2007]]
  * [[info:I-95 delay Tom's trip]] home Nov 13,2007
  * [[info:Essay on Writing]] Dec 02, 2007]]
  * [[info:Raleigh Segways April, 2008]]
  * [[info:Sarasota Segways Nov, 2007]]
  * [[info:40 Years From Now - 2008]] Mechanics Illustrated 1968 article
  * [[info:Hallelujah words by Jeff Buckley]]
  * [[info:IBM employees Are Resources]] not people.
  * [[info:I.O.U.S.A. Aug 2008]] N&O review of economists dire predictions of US debt
  * [[travel:Libbies Air Journeys]]
  * [[travel:2008 State Fair Map]]
  * [[info:Rene Fleming Jan 2009]]
  * [[info:Elle Magazine Sept 1998 Do you Believe in Miracles?]] Landmark sued Elle for this
  * [[info:Piece of History Jan 2009]] Cary quilter makes quilt for Obama
  * [[info:Pay Money Be Happy Jul 2001]] NY Mag about Landmark Forum cult
  * [[info:Don't Sweat the Small Stuff March 2009]] AC Snow opinion piece
  * [[info:misc:Antiques RoadShow Raleigh June2009]] N&O
  * [[info:misc:Haven For Spare Parts]] NY Times Feb 2009
  * [[info:misc:Earth Light Traveling into Space]] diagram
  * [[info:misc:Welcome Tom and Lib Dec 2008]] Peter & Christa
  * [[info:misc:Dell Laptop Ad March 2010]] the one I purchased
  * [[info:misc:Green Day American Idiot Lyrics]]
  * [[info:misc:I Am Become Death aug 5 2010]]
  * [[info:misc:Bhagavad-gita Oppenheimer quote]]
  * [[info:misc:First Atomic Test]]
  * [[info:misc:Tis the season]] Dec 26, 2010 Writing not to use
  * [[info:misc:Is Sex Still Sexy?]] Atlantic Monthly May 2013
  * [[info:misc:Nuclear Disaster over Goldsboro]] declassified report sept 2013
  * [[Back slash vs Forward slash]] the difference

===== Movie Reviews =====
  * [[info:Thematic Feast in Black Swan]] - Independent Dec 2010
  * [[info:Black Swan spins on the edge]] - Salt Lake Tribune Dec 2010
  * [[info:Black Swan is crazy sexy Cool]] - N&O Dec 2010
  * [[info:Last Bath, Porno chic]]
  * [[info:Renoir, WSJ review March 2013]]

===== Personal Life =====

* [[info:Early Tom & Lib Budget]] circa 1972
  * [[info:Thoughts of Mom]] May 2008
  * [[info:TG Voter Reg]] Oct 2008
  * [[info:TG AVSA Board Nominee Aug 2009]]
  * [[info:TG AVSA Honorary May 2011]]
  * [[info:TG AVSA Honorary May 2015]]

//Toms Lists//

* [[info:Toms Top 10 Project List]]\\
 * [[info:Toms Top 10 travel destinations list]]

===== Reference =====

==== Greenhouse ====
   * [[info:misc:Ballast Info]] 40 watt grow lights ballast
   * [[info:BB temperature data Jan 2010]] we measured during a cold spell
   * [[info:Hot Dawg House 1 regulator Jan 2010]]

* [[info:Grand Canyon Map]]
   * [[info:Downing Mac Address]] some of the computers on Downing Place
   * [[info:misc:Shop Vacs, 16 & 8 gal]]

==== Jessie Rd ====
   * [[4821 Jessie Map]]
   * [[info:Jessie Orchard Map]]

==== Light Bulb Info ====
  * {{ ::what_is_an_e12_or_e26_light_bulb-_-_inside_the_designers_studio_2017-11-04_1-44-22_pm_.htm |Light Bulb Standard sizing - E12, E16, etc}}
==== Misc ====
   * [[info:Poison Info June 2011]]

==== Purchases ====

* [[info:misc:Bicycle info]]   
   * [[info:Logitech Harmony 610 March 2010]] ordered from NewEgg
   * [[info:misc:Newegg Scooba Nov 2009]] we bought this Thanksgiving week 2009    
   * [[info:Newegg DVD Recorder Dec 2009]] bought this Dec 15, 2009   
   * [[info:misc:Sewing machine 2008]] purchased sears cary, sept 2008

==== TV & Monitors ====
  * [[Screen Dimensions]] Height and Width vs Horizontal
==== Wiring & Wire Size ====

* [[info:Household Wiring Current Capacity June 2011]]

===== Reference - Technical =====

* [[info:misc:robocopy in Win 7]] from Ms techbrief
  * [[info:Screen Record Utility]] from windows secrets
  * [[info:USB connector types]]

===== Restaurant Reviews =====

* [[info:Fins Sept 2007]]
  * [[info:Caffe Luna Dec 2008]] N&O

===== Schools =====

* [[info:FIT]] History and Info
  * [[info:St Marys]]
  * [[info:St Marys History]]

===== Subsonic on Sonos =====
  * [[Setup Subsonic tips]]

===== Technical Projects & How Things Work =====

* [[info:Controlling iPod with Atmel32]] University thesis article
  * [[info:Heating with water]] BTU content of water
  * [[info:Network Of RS-485 Smart Temperature Sensors Aug 1999]] Electronic Design
  * {{ ::gas_pump_skimmers_-_learn.sparkfun.com_2017-10-06_8-23-42_am_.htm |Sparkfun Gas Pump Skimmer reverse engineering 10/6/2017}}

===== Water Filter =====
  * [[info: Whole House Carbon Pentek EPM-BB]]

===== Web Development =====
  * [[web:Joomla Tips]] Content management on maavs.org
  * [[web:MAAVS Image Management]]
  * [[web:MAAVS Convention Menus]]
  * [[web:Joomla Frontpage]]
  * [[web:Site Ripper]]

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