Mindless Dreck contains the rambings of some dude named Chuck. This is a personal blog, and if you don't like it, shove it.https://mindlessdreck.com/en-UShttps://mindlessdreck.com/ebay-pocsag-hamnet-dapnet-pager-battery/https://mindlessdreck.com/ebay-pocsag-hamnet-dapnet-pager-battery/It took some tooth pulling, but I finally identified the battery used in the POCSAG pagers you can get on eBay from China. They don't come with the battery because of shipping hassles. It's an 802040 LiPo cell, 3.7v 600-700mAh. There's plenty of them on Amazon. Update: Wait til the pager comes in. TFri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/ten-for-survival-what-do-you-know/https://mindlessdreck.com/ten-for-survival-what-do-you-know/Presented by NBC in 1958, "Ten For Survival" was a ten episode series about man and the atomic age. This rarely-seen episode "What Do You Know?", hosted by Chet Huntley, examined public perception of the survive-ability of nuclear war. Two "average citizens" give opinions concerning various Civil DeMon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/firefox-green-bars-video/https://mindlessdreck.com/firefox-green-bars-video/If you are getting green bars on video using FireFox this is the solution. I've found too many old sites with instruction on turning off hardware acceleration in Flash, but no one uses Flash any more. Duh. The reason you're getting green bars on your videos in FireFox is your video card is old. You'Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/pds-tornado-watch-particularly-dangerous-situation-wasnt/https://mindlessdreck.com/pds-tornado-watch-particularly-dangerous-situation-wasnt/On April 26, 2016 the Storm Prediction Center issued a PDS Tornado Watch that included a large portion of the North Texas area. This is a special kind of watch issued only in a Particularly Dangerous Situation. That is to say when computer models are predicting the possibility of extraordinarily sevThu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/emp-102-details-missing-from-discussions-on-emp/https://mindlessdreck.com/emp-102-details-missing-from-discussions-on-emp/EMP or Electromagnetic Pulse seems to be a pretty hot topic among disaster preparedness enthusiasts these days. For those who don't know, EMP happens when a powerful electrical disturbance in the upper atmosphere races towards ground (more precisely, THE ground), causing massive power surges in elecTue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/lftr-important/https://mindlessdreck.com/lftr-important/Why is the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) so important? A question no one ever has to ask me, but I feel the need to tell everyone the answer in great detail every time I'm engaged in conversation. Last night, a very dear friend of mine suggested I should list the answers to that very questiFri, 03 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTEnergyChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service-redux/https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service-redux/It's been a while since I've posted on my adventures in Free Cell Phone Service. Some things have changed recently, so I thought I should post an update. For some time I have been relying on a combination of Google Voice and Spare Phone over a WIFI connection to make and receive phone calls. UnfortuWed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/thorium-lftr-and-the-new-economic-arms-race/https://mindlessdreck.com/thorium-lftr-and-the-new-economic-arms-race/Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor research in China scares me. LFTR needs to be developed in the U.S.Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTEnergyPoliticsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/a-nuclear-wake-up-call-in-california/https://mindlessdreck.com/a-nuclear-wake-up-call-in-california/Nuclear power is the future, and thorium is the fuel. We need to get off our asses and get it done.Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTEnergyPoliticsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/living-with-free-cell-phone-service-on-android-upgrade/https://mindlessdreck.com/living-with-free-cell-phone-service-on-android-upgrade/Here's a little update on my life with free cell phone service using an Android phone.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/founding-fathers-gave-individuals-the-right-to-bear-arms/https://mindlessdreck.com/founding-fathers-gave-individuals-the-right-to-bear-arms/Founding Fathers Gave Individuals The Right To Bear ArmsTue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service-on-android-update/https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service-on-android-update/I've been living with free cell phone service on my Android phone for six months now. This is a little update on how well things are working out.Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service/https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service/How to get Free Cell Phone Service using any Android smartphone or tablet over WIFI connections.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/what-do-the-sirens-mean/https://mindlessdreck.com/what-do-the-sirens-mean/Tornado sirens, civil defense sirens, outdoor warning sirens, call them what you will. What to the sirens mean when they sound? And what SHOULD they mean?Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/re-unsurvivable-new-tornado-warnings-aim-to-scare/https://mindlessdreck.com/re-unsurvivable-new-tornado-warnings-aim-to-scare/The National Weather Service seems to believe there is a way to fix stupid. In a test that starts Monday, five weather service offices in Kansas and Missouri will use words such as "mass devastation," 'unsurvivable" and "catastrophic" in a new kind of warning that's based on the severity of a storm's expected impact.Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/one-more-bad-bomb-shelter/https://mindlessdreck.com/one-more-bad-bomb-shelter/Make sure you're educated enough in bomb shelter design to know the good designs from the bad ones.Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/storm-chasers-as-rockettes/https://mindlessdreck.com/storm-chasers-as-rockettes/I'm watching the weather today since severe storms are in the forecast. TornadoVideos.Net's Dominator is currently in Fort Worth, getting into position as are quite a few other storm chasers. I got a good laugh looking at imap.tv , seeing the storm chasers all lined up along I-35 like Rockettes!Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/tiny-prefab-free-plans/https://mindlessdreck.com/tiny-prefab-free-plans/Michael Janzen at Tiny House Design re-released his free Tiny Prefab plans in the wake of the recent tornado outbreak.Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/stormchaser-andy-gabrielson-1987-2012/https://mindlessdreck.com/stormchaser-andy-gabrielson-1987-2012/Andy Gabrielson, founder of FindTheTornado.com, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 in a car accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was hit in a head-on collision due to a wrong-way driver near the town of Sapulpa.Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/a-vision-of-the-future/https://mindlessdreck.com/a-vision-of-the-future/I believe the future belongs to those who develop Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) and Electric Vehicles. Yes, you can quote me on that.Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTEnergyTransportationChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/announcing-first-nationwide-eas-test/https://mindlessdreck.com/announcing-first-nationwide-eas-test/FEMA FCC NOAA NWS Homeland Security Emergency Alert System (EAS) nationwide test on November 9, at 2:00 p.m. EasternThu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/pot-in-pot-refrigerator/https://mindlessdreck.com/pot-in-pot-refrigerator/The pot-in-pot or "Zeer Pot" evaporative refrigerator is an astoundingly simple but effective device.Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/cooking-by-accident/https://mindlessdreck.com/cooking-by-accident/Cooking By Accident. So I decided to cook a roast in the crock pot and completely by accident I had made beef stroganoff! Or at least something very similar to it.Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/welcome-to-the-all-new-mindless-dreck/https://mindlessdreck.com/welcome-to-the-all-new-mindless-dreck/DrRighteous.net is now mindlessdreck.comMon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/potassium-iodide-in-large-quantities/https://mindlessdreck.com/potassium-iodide-in-large-quantities/Potassium Iodide, the one prophylactic chemical every disaster conscious person should have in their arsenal in case of a nuclear disaster. Often mistaken as an "anti-radiation pill," potassium iodide is taken prior to exposure to flood your thyroid with good iodine which in turn blocks the uptake of radioactive iodine.Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/tiny-houses/https://mindlessdreck.com/tiny-houses/Tiny Houses are kind of like crossing an RV with a tool shed. Too small to be on a permanent foundation, they're built on an 8'x12' flatbed trailer.Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessRavesChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactor/https://mindlessdreck.com/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactor/There's a new kind of nuclear reactor that's inherently safe, liquid fluoride thorium reactor - LFTR.Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMTEnergyPoliticsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/i-told-you-so/https://mindlessdreck.com/i-told-you-so/For years I've preached the need for people to prepare for nuclear disasters. Everything from nuclear power plant accidents to terrorism to all out warfare. We live in the nuclear age, nothing will ever change that. Yet mention preparedness measures to someone and they think you're nuts. Until of course something DOES happen.Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/japans-nuclear-disaster/https://mindlessdreck.com/japans-nuclear-disaster/Now that the Fukushima Daiichi plant has started to burn, we are rapidly progressing towards a Chernobyl style disaster. Here is how the public needs to respond to protect themselves.Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessEnergyChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/buy-american/https://mindlessdreck.com/buy-american/It's time to buy American. Enough is enough folks. We send all of our money overseas, to people that hate us.Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMTRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/why-there-are-no-jobs/https://mindlessdreck.com/why-there-are-no-jobs/John Smith started the day early, having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am.Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMTRantsChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>https://mindlessdreck.com/car-park/https://mindlessdreck.com/car-park/Car Park: Literally someplace where people who live in their cars can park overnight.Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTDisaster PreparednessChuck Milliken <doc@mindlessdreck.com>