Morning Summary, 7/3

6/15/26:

Note: Sitemeter is not used here anymore. It hasn't been used for quite a long time.

Does bot traffic count as well as human traffic? It seems that there was some news that bot traffic is now greater than human traffic on the web!

Do the bots love this blog? People probably not so much. But bot traffic seems to be healthy. How healthy? It's hard to say. I could ask a bot, I suppose. Maybe I'd get an honest answer. Certainly not from people.

This commentary upon the human race is a bit on the pessimisstic side. Maybe the bots can tell me if I spelled that p word right. It is a long word. It taxes my brain, main.

July 3, 2011:

Several hours late this morning. I've been a bit busy doing the usual Sunday chores, but that isn't enough to cause this. Sure, my enthusiasm is waning. There was somebody who contacted me on email about possibly advertising on this site, but the timing is not so good. Now is not a good time. The best time would have been when readership was increasing. It is going down now, and the ecat is the only thing keeping it going.

Hopefully, the ecat can come through and this blog can be on the forefront of that news. That would be a miracle. You know how it goes. The big guys will swoop down and take all the oxygen from a little blog like this as soon as this thing becomes a real media sensation. Nobody will come here or to any other blog that is supporting the idea even though it isn't mainstream. As soon as it goes mainstream, they will got the mainstream blogs, even though none of them are supporting this now. But one can always hope.

Type III Dyson Sphere of Highly Advanced Civilizations Around a Super Massive Black Hole

6/13/26:

Forget about all that. Look at this! Nobody can relate to highly advanced civilizations around a super massive black hole, but they sure can relate to massive amounts of money. Show me the money??? Yeah, lots and lots of it.



Jan 20, 2012:

Type III Dyson Sphere of Highly Advanced Civilizations Around a Super Massive Black Hole

SpaceX video

Yours truly has not watched this video. It is no longer possible for me to access X because I deactivated the account there.

Perhaps that was an unwise move, but it sure seemed like it is pretty limited to what you can do there unless you want to have a paid account. Since I have no intention of doing that, I chose to deactivate.

But this video was worth watching, so I'll embed it here so as to be able to watch it later at my leisure.

After watching it:

Actually about 3/4ths of it. Anyway, it is a 2025 video, so it isn't completely up to date. He spoke of heat shields, which I had a chance to hold one in my hands at Raptor Ranch. Very durable looking tile, imo. He wants to land vertical with his Starship on the Moon, to which I have severe doubts about the feasibility of this. As always, we shall see.

pic.twitter.com/Is2MNMnbI7

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2026

Front row seat to history?

If Lerner is right, we may be on the cusp of some really big news.

Fascinating home-made electrochemistry

This may be feasible to do yourself, but as he says, take care if you do.

Nuclear engineer reacts to molten-salt reactor concept

The one thing I got out of this was the need for lithium enrichment. This isn't necessarily a show-stopper because there seems to be a way to do this. The engineer seems skeptical, but not dismissive.

How 19 Beavers Turned Utah’s Dying Desert River Into a Thriving Oasis

6/3/26:



Beavers and buffalo---two critters that could help transform that area into productive land. Or so I think.

Trouble is, getting them there.

Mar 23, 2026:

There are plenty of these beaver videos. A glance of the comments shows some negativity about this particular video. Nevertheless, it will be embedded here as an example of what may be possible out in West Texas. The video mentioned some studies of how to use beavers in other areas. Which opens up the question of whether or not any such study for West Texas.

There are a lot of stock tanks out there. What if a small colony were to be set up around these stock tanks? Would they survive? Would it improve the area?

Suckers born every minute

6/3/26:

It is worth noting that I terminated the account at Twitter before Elon Musk bought out Twitter and renamed it "X". I opened a new account under X. That's why this particular tweet won't show. It's no longer there.

A second comment to this is that it contains political opinion. I'm trying to avoid that on this blog and keep it on the other. Flat Earth is dumb. Go watch a Starship launch, and that should disabuse anyone of any such notion as a Flat Earth. The same goes for the notion that the Apollo landings were fake.

I will make a new category on this blog as in the main blog---call it "reaction posts".



11/28/18:

That's why AGW works politically. People can be led to believe the most absurd things.

Hundreds gather at Flat-Earth conference https://t.co/YQ3fDCArLY

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) November 28, 2018

Alpha Tech: The Real Reason Why SpaceX Starship B19 Exploded!

It didn't explode until it hit the water. Unless they are talking about the engine failures that included a small explosion in the engines?

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