We had a customer inquiry today about warping, and I thought I would place some response here. This article by Eugene Wengert and Dan Meyer from the University of Wisconsin is the most succinct summary of the prevention and remediation of warp I’ve been able to locate. My response to the customer … [ more ]
Relative Humidity, Part I
Some time back, we had a customer make an inquiry to the effects of very low humidity coupled with extreme variances in temperature. I told Charles I would look into the thing, and possibly come up with a few conclusions about the topic. It turns out the effects of humidity and temperature … [ more ]
Geithner’s Swan Song?
This is pretty dated, but I happen to be a few news cycles behind. Such is summer. I’m going to leap to the assumption that while sleeping, the Federal administrators of the United States have still failed to reach any sort of compromise to the debt ceiling, which could cause the country to … [ more ]
A Post-Bubble Hangover
Once in a while, a person has to wonder about the learning processes of Americans. A massive bailout of our banking system was necessitated almost three years ago by the inability of our biggest (and smallest) banks to properly regulate their own activities. Lending practices over the decade … [ more ]
Goodbye, Holocene?
The cover story of last week’s Economist suggests we may have seen the last of the Holocene. (The most recent geological epoch) It’s a little concerning to be among those actively participating in this transition. The article suggests that 90% of all plant activity in the world is reliant in some … [ more ]
The May Jobs Report
Still struggling a bit in the USA, it appears. The latest jobless numbers came out last week, and the consensus was fairly gloomy. Oh, well. This article by Justin Lahart in the Weekend Journal kicks this ball around in the dirt a bit. China is quite predictably selling off their short-term US … [ more ]
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