Gee, that sounds like a book and movie title! I caught up with my grade-school classmate Michelle on the way back from the beach last month. She lives in Daphne, Alabama, where she owns and runs the Sugar Kettle Café. (Daphne is straight across Mobile Bay from Mobile, and not too far out of the … Read more
“Cache” has one syllable. “Cachet” has two syllables. Learn it. Know it. Live it. Ken Kercheval, who played J.R. Ewing’s bumbling rival Cliff Barnes on Dallas, has died at 83. I can actually remember my dad laughing that he had “Mr. Barnes” on his office door, and considering what kind of a small man would … Read more
Of the several rechargeable battery technologies we have, lithium-ion batteries run a whole bunch of stuff. Your phone almost certainly has one in it. Electric and hybrid cars largely rely on them. This makes sense. Lithium-ion batteries are reasonably durable and perform well, with good capacity, charge times, and so forth. There’s just one thing … Read more