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Appalachian Trail, 2017
I’m sitting in the public library of Hot Springs, NC, writing this blog entry and contemplating the magnitude of what we all just did. Not because it was a feat of athletic ability, or extreme endurance, or any such example of human exceptionalism. No, rather it was, as it always is, a magnum of human…
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Thank you, NPR!
Most of you know that I’m a Boy Scout leader. Part of my current job is to teach young scouts about citizenship as a merit badge counselor for Citizenship in the Community/Nation/World. These are three eagle-required badges that are frankly, in my opinion, the best and most important badges scouts earn. Here’s requirement #1 for…
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Switches and Relays
It’s amazing how clarifying a prototype can be! While I had a general idea of what I wanted to automate for my brewery v3, I didn’t have a clear idea of how to exactly put it together until I got all of the pieces on my dining room table and started to solder and drill.…
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Communication Issues
The Sweeney Brewery v3 has lots of electrical controls. I have six 2-way electric ball valves – three for tun control and three for gas control, and two 3-way valves for various fluid routing processes. I also have a new Omega CN7500 (more on that later), and the system pump. Controlling everything, I have an…
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Sweeney Brewery v3 Kickoff
Almost 21 years ago, my oldest daughter, Kathryn was born. The night before she was born, I brewed my first batch of beer. It was an American Pale Ale extract recipe that I cooked up on the stove. That batch was to kickoff a lifelong hobby that has taken me through many engineering adventures leading…
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Would love to touch base when you get to Texas.
I really enjoyed reading this. Uncle Tim sent it to me. I plan to move to Fredericksburg by the end…
This was an extremely interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Another song that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker/ Living…
Hi David. Wow, looks like you’ve travelled a lot of miles (25.7) so far. Sorry to hear that you have…
Very nice!