[thanks to UC#1 for today’s rabbit hole] Alberta’s first Lithium Pilot Plant will refine lithium brine. How are we doing, commodity-wise? Today’s spot price is about $28 USD / kg. Lithium Facts: Gov. of Canada Canada is definitely in the ball game. We’re #3! Lithium as an Element Lithium started off strong, but time and […]
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[ed. note: my apologies to the Elders. Although they provided me with a plethora of great ideas for today’s BLOTT, I got hung up on the energy requirements for our WLBOTT time machine. This lapse may be reflected in my upcoming performance review.] [As you recall, the purpose of the WLBOTT Time Machine is to […]
Ladies and gents, We are in the final phases of beta-testing the WLBOTT time machine. Although we are in the zetta-joule range, we have enough power to send back in time: So, the question is: what historical figures do we reach out to, and what will be on the playlist? So, send me your suggestions. […]
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[Thanks to UC#1 for today’s topic] During a recent WLBOTT Disaster Recovery Symposium (WLBOTT DReSs), UC#1 addressed the digital asset infrastructure: I started on this project on Aug 30. It took 15 days for the new drives to arrive and 5 days to rebuild the RAID. Now I have to convert the old 3TB drives […]
We have received many, many inquires concerning how our BLOTTs come into existence. It is a very non-linear process that involves: Random web image search result for “non-linear thought process” Some beautiful images related to the image search for “practical applications of chaos theory” Simplicable In a real-life example of chaos theory, we stumbled upon […]
We have had many, many inquiries: just how do you make WLBOTT available to the entire Earth (and the ISS)? Here are the steps:
Qaanaaq, Greenland, is one of the northernmost towns in the world. It has a population of about 646 people. It is one of the few place-names that is a palindrome. According to ChatGPT… How to get there…. The Airport El Supermercado Qaanaaq The supermarket is restocked twice a year. This photo is from a Mirror […]
Randomly got to talkin’ with UC#2 about meteorites in Antarctica. This was the result of a semi-sequitur from a recent BLOTT about paper clips, and the earliest known archaeological connection between people and iron was from found meteorites. Not knowing much about Antarctic meteorites, it seemed like an interesting BLOTT. As it turns out, as […]