Jul 14
Butterfly Walk at the Future McIntyre Botanical Garden
Pictures from a Butterfly walk at the future home of McIntyre Botanical Garden:
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Jul 1
The King of Mangoes in the US
This entire site could have been about mangoes. Seriously. Nothing but mangoes. I don’t know how I went this long without talking about mangoes. Different varieties of mangoes, what time of the year you get them, how do you know the perfect day to cut them? What are the different ways to eat different kinds…
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Jun 22
My Book To Help Kids Learn To Code in JavaScript
I started to learn how to code when I was in 5th grade. I took my first course in BASIC then. It was the most fun I’d had. Yes, I’m a nerd. This was in 1989. Now, 30 years later, my son is about the age I started to learn code. And it baffles me…
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May 29
The Best Food In Charlottesville – Part 5: Maru Korean Restaurant
Maru has quickly become one of our favorite spots to eat, one of those few places for which we will deal with the parking situation in Downtown. I had no idea what the big deal about Korean cuisine was until I tried Maru. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. Let’s just say everything tastes…
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May 26
Ivy Creek, Charlottesville
Here are some pictures from Ivy Creek in Albemarle County. Flora and Fauna identification help is welcome! Photos on my Site
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Apr 8
Google WiFi Review: Great Hardware Marred By Poor “Family Wi-Fi” Software
I’ve had Google WiFi for a while now. When my last router died, I got the Google WiFi 3 pack and placed three of them in different locations. The hardware is excellent and my WiFi coverage is great with good signal everywhere. But the software leaves a lot to be desired, especially as far as parental…
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Jan 5
2018 EV and Tesla Market Share Update
2018 was the year Tesla took over. Tesla commanded ~65% of the plugin market in December: For the full year 2018, Tesla had 53% market share. GM, with the second largest market share was at only 10%: The Model 3 similarly took over the US Compact Luxury sedan market: In fact, Tesla sold so many…
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Jan 1
2018 Solar Update – Watt Upp – It’s The (R3V)olution
In June 2018, we got R3V – our Tesla Model 3. A few months later we sold our gas car. Now we are fully electric with a Model 3 and a Leaf. All powered by 100% renewable energy from Dominion Green Power (we sell our solar power to Dominion and buy back green power). In…
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Nov 23
Grand Caverns, Grottoes, VA
Here are some pictures from Grand Caverns in Grottoes, VA. The caverns are great, the closest ones to Charlottesville and the pictures don’t really do it justice. Cavers, according to our guide this is one of the few caves in the world where you can see a shield formation and the only one with a…
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Oct 9
Sept 2018 EV and Tesla Market Share Update
Since my last EV market share update for July, things have changed a lot. I heard rumors that the competition will kill Tesla, nobody would possibly want to buy a Tesla when much better cars like the iPace and the eTron and EQC are coming. Instead we got this: Tesla market share went up from…
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