Author: cjtrowbridge
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Does post-structuralism merely extend the hegemony of neoclassicalism?
As a queer nonbinary person who is wrestling with whether or not to embrace post-structuralism, it’s been very interesting over the years to hear so many arguments from fans of queer theory against things like hate crimes legislation or even marriage equality. One of the more obvious arguments has been the fact that marriage equality…
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My Kayaking Setup
I’ve been doing a lot of kayaking since age ten, just over two decades now. I’ve tried a lot of different gear and here’s my current setup based on all my lessons learned. (I’m in the back) The kayak is my absolute favorite kayak. The Intex Challenger K1 (Second-Generation). These kayaks are really great for…
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The Gilded Age and Amerika’s Self-Deception
Watching documentaries about the Columbian Exposition for an Urban Studies Class reminded me so much of Mark Twain’s The Gilded Age. Twain argued that America was not in a golden age, but rather a gilded age. That the success and growth and wealth were fake and designed to conceal the rotten core of a country…
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How To Do 100-Watt USB-C PD In The Car
I have personally found a good solution to this problem. Modern laptops like mine require a much higher power input than what you can get out of a normal USB car charger. In the past, I really like this 39-watt QC-3 charger which is what I use in the car for charging my phone. Now…
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Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (Thrawn 10)
This is the second book of the third Thrawn trilogy. I really liked it. It was a great next step. I see a lot of really interesting attempts at explaining the background that allowed him to accomplish his later feats which featured in earlier stories. It was cool to see the way that other characters…
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Looking Glass
A screen which changes perspective with regard to how you’re looking at it versus what it’s showing inside a virtual world where it’s virtual correspondent is. So if it’s easier looking at it from the right side then it should show you what it would look like if you were actually looking through a window…
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Closed Loop Water System with Integrated Biogas Capture
I propose to build a simple proof of concept system which simultaneously solves many problems associated with water use sustainability. Key Problems With Current Strategies Essentially all municipal sewage systems around the world are still using the prehistoric systems pioneered in the indus valley civilization over 6,000 years ago. We take fresh water, use and…
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OurSpace: Distributed Serverless Anti-Hierarchical Social Media
The main idea is to use something like IPFS to establish a distributed non-hierarchical alternative to both the web and the incumbent social media institutions while also creating a resilient alternative which would form a thick protocol on top of which people can then construct and extend interfaces like apps or websites. Imagine I have…
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DIY Biogas Digester Research
Small biodigester build video IBC Tote based digester design Using a garbage disposal as an input grinder Algae mitigation Tank insulation Larger build hydrogen sulfide filter to clean the methane flashback arrestor methane storage with inverted barrel in water for pressure and isolation. Community-Scale Biogas Digester Includes condenser (yellow) which removes evaporated water…
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All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson
This is the third book of The Bridge, a newer trilogy by Gibson which reintroduces many of his earlier ideas within the context of the new technologies that had come out since the Sprawl Trilogy. This book starts to tie everything together. I liked the way he portrayed Laney and I initially liked Konrad. It…