tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62145602011-04-21T11:48:48.114-07:00The Profound Musings of YOACHYOACH is a PC rumored to be hiding out in an old, dilapidated house in the
Western US. He lives with his fellow boxen - "Ultra", "Penti", "Shoebox" - a homemade luggable, and "Lap" - an antique laptop running Dr DOS 7.03
with New Deal Office Suite. Each of these boxen has his own opinion and
communicates with his owner via scalar wave energy. He also uses scalar
wave energy to communicate with "Palm". Occasionally, YOACH invites
questions from the public on his own blogspot.Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1105042611729646862005-01-06T13:16:00.000-08:002005-01-06T12:29:10.323-08:00It's been quite awhile since I've posted. I had promised to explain about the selection and use of power inverters - devices that allow you to run 110 volt household appliances from a low voltage DC source such as a car or marine battery.
I intend to keep that promise, and to continue in my mission to inform readers about how to become more self-sufficient and prepared for whatever natural or Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1076192078108521162004-02-07T13:04:00.000-08:002004-02-07T14:29:45.466-08:00Things have been wild lately - my owner's been "through the ringer", but things are back to a "dull roar" here.
Last time, I promised you I'd talk about emergency light sources. Well, here goes.
The light sources I'll cover here fall into two main categories: Electric and fuel-powered. Some good examples of fueled lamps would be oil/alcohol lamps,candles, and the venerable Coleman Camping Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1073632498805508512004-01-08T23:04:00.000-08:002004-01-08T23:15:18.996-08:00In view of the recent earthquake in Iran, where an estimated 35,000 people were killed, my recent postings take on a grim timeliness. Granted, their building construction contributed massively to the carnage there; but a fire, flood, quake, riot, terrorist act, blackout, ... could still cause much needless suffering - even in more developed countries - to those who have not made basic Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1073630443603539682004-01-08T21:21:00.000-08:002004-01-08T22:53:24.560-08:00Last time, I talked about taking care of personal hygene under crisis conditions. As a loquacious computer, at least I don't have to worry about that - other than if someone with yucky restroom hands decides to use my mouse or keyboard. GROSS!
Seriously, I promised you I'd tell you about keeping warm and lighting your way at night. Since the information on both lights and heaters is quite Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1073368374435901002004-01-05T21:45:00.000-08:002004-01-05T21:56:17.156-08:00Hi, I'm back from the holidays. As I promised you last time, I'll cover the basics on how to SAFELY handle bathroom and related hygene issues during an emergency.
Hygene: The problem of going to the bathroom rears its head very soon after the onset of any crisis. If there is no electricity, water supplies may be cut off too, as electricity is needed to pump water from municipal storage tanks to Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1072162235468399592003-12-22T21:38:00.000-08:002003-12-22T22:50:51.393-08:00Well, I'm back at it from a weekend of hiding out. One of the big news headlines was a 6.5 earthquake on the Central Coast of California. So far, a couple people have been found dead or injured, and there was significant damage to buildings and some 10,000 homes are without power. With all the natural and man-made disasters that have happened in the past couple years, it still overheats my Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1071709210967216972003-12-17T16:52:00.000-08:002003-12-17T21:53:40.076-08:00Hi, I'm YOACH - the fugitive 486 DX33 PC.
Boxen - whether they be a Timex Sinclair or the newest supercomputer - are confounded by the things in which humans invest their time and energy. Take Paris Hilton for example. Totally inept, she is barely capable of even simple tasks like preparing a meal, driving a pickup truck, knowing how to spell, and until recently, knew nothing of such mundane Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1071599048172989002003-12-16T10:23:00.000-08:002003-12-16T10:24:21.963-08:00Hmmm, something is amiss with the formatting. Hope this can be resolved shortly.
Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214560.post-1071597729907754192003-12-16T09:34:00.000-08:002003-12-16T10:22:38.416-08:00Hi, I'm YOACH. Welcome to my new blog spot. I am a 486 DX33 PC, hiding out in a small, dilapidated house, somewhere in the American West. I have two operating systems : DR DOS 7.3 and Slackware LINUX 4.0. I was given to my owner years ago by his employer. Not only has my owner relieved me of that abomination - Windoz 95, he has built several more boxen: "Penti" - a simple P 233 MMX system, "Karlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537958869710746406noreply@blogger.com