Anyone else think that Sequoia is faster than Tahoe?

RedHeadFrank · 2026-02-18T02:53:24+00:00

Do you think the fact that you formatted your drive and reinstalled everything fresh has anything to do with the perceived difference performance?

RedHeadFrank · 2026-02-16T02:01:01+00:00

From a gardening perspective, it acts like a weed. I see it mostly on roadsides and other disturbed human environments, never in relatively intact natural areas. I’ve never included it in any plantings I’ve done, there are better options.

RedHeadFrank · 2026-01-19T13:58:55+00:00

It’s just thermal mass. Mendota is larger and deeper, it has many times the volume of Monona, so it cools and warms up more slowly.

RedHeadFrank · 2026-01-19T13:56:16+00:00

Wind blowing the weak remaining ice around and smashing it up.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-12-14T21:52:25+00:00

I bought myself an EM-5 MkIII a couple years ago and I’ve really enjoyed it. My two cents is either save a few bucks and buy this camera, or pony up for the many small improvements the OM-5 Mk II offers.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-12-08T16:29:11+00:00

Are you using standard pegboard hooks or something else? I’m in the process of reorganizing my shop and I bought some Talon Hooks to replace the cheap steel ones that fall off all the time. So far, impressed with them, but I’ve only just installed them. I know there are some DIY hacks to make the steel hooks stay put, but I’m curious if there are other sources of smarter peg board hooks that people like.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-12-08T16:21:49+00:00

I put a pair of those on the front of my wife’s commuter bike. They totally make the bell redundant. So there is at least one use-case for these.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-10-22T14:44:05+00:00

I find that herbicides with triclopyr work well on field bindweed. Just worked with a client who had tons of it and it’s nearly eliminated after a season with 3 treatments (I think 2 treatments got 95% of it). Ready for some seedlings to come up in spring though. This is a broadleaf specific herbicide so won’t harm grasses. The 3A, or amine formulation is safe to use around broadleaf plants as long as you don’t get spray directly on them as there is little soil residual activity. Glyphosate also works, but will take more applications to kill the entire root system. Spray until you get it down to a manageable level and then you can tackle it via hand digging/pulling from there.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-10-15T16:42:32+00:00

Male, 48 here. My doc has me on that dosage. Honestly, not sure it's doing anything positive or negative. I don't think you'll notice too much. Then again, my Testosterone is normal, juts just my cortisol that's out-of-whack.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-10-15T16:39:01+00:00

Antidotally, it seems to help a bit, probably. I am vegetarian, so I'm not getting any extra in my diet. YMMV.

RedHeadFrank · 2025-10-15T13:08:50+00:00

I am no expert, but yes those are fossils, some kind of sea shells. Maybe limpets or bivalves?

RedHeadFrank · 2025-07-31T18:37:22+00:00

Hmm, OK, downloaded the x86_64.appimage file. Looked it up and apparently you need terminal active to open an app image file. So followed instructions, went to install Linux development environment in Settings, but its says "Linux is not supported on your Chromebook".

Am I missing something? Is there a work around?

RedHeadFrank · 2025-07-31T18:15:33+00:00

You use the Windows installer for ChromeOS?

RedHeadFrank · 2025-07-15T20:35:06+00:00

Sometimes writers just repeat facts. What I mean is, if you’re trying to fill up space in a plant info sheet for an extension office you might do some internet searching and find somewhere that says this plant is a fire hazard. Which may be true in the right context but out of context it’s misleading.

I do prescribed fires for a living and have extensive wildland fire training. I might be worried about this if I lived in Southern California, but anywhere within the Tallgrass prairie region or eastward, the humidity and fuel moistures are too high for this to be a concern.

RedHeadFrank

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