# Mindless Dreck

> Mindless Dreck contains the rambings of some dude named Chuck. This is a personal blog, and if you don't like it, shove it.

Thank you for visiting my little blog. Some of the information on this site may be helpful to you, some of it may just be my ramblings. Either way it's just a space to unload some of my "Mindless Dreck."

Author: Chuck Milliken

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## Posts

- [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. T
- [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 De
- [FireFox Green Bars On 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'
- [PDS Tornado Watch: The Particularly Dangerous Situation That Wasn't](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 sev
- [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 elec
- [Why Is LFTR So 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 questi
- [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. Unfortu
- [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.
- [A Nuclear Power 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.
- [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.
- [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 Arms
- [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.
- [Free Cell Phone Service On Android Over WIFI](https://mindlessdreck.com/free-cell-phone-service/): How to get Free Cell Phone Service using any Android smartphone or tablet over WIFI connections.
- [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?
- [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.
- [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.
- [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!
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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. Eastern
- [Pot-In-Pot Evaporative Refrigerator](https://mindlessdreck.com/pot-in-pot-refrigerator/): The pot-in-pot or "Zeer Pot" evaporative refrigerator is an astoundingly simple but effective device.
- [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.
- [Welcome To The All New Mindless Dreck!](https://mindlessdreck.com/welcome-to-the-all-new-mindless-dreck/): DrRighteous.net is now 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.
- [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.
- [Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR)](https://mindlessdreck.com/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactor/): There's a new kind of nuclear reactor that's inherently safe, liquid fluoride thorium reactor - LFTR.
- [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.
- [Japan's 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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Car Park](https://mindlessdreck.com/car-park/): Car Park: Literally someplace where people who live in their cars can park overnight.