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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Pacific Seafood Fire, Newport, Oregon

Pacific Seafood Fire, Newport, Oregon

Saw a news report about a fire at Pacific Seafood in Newport, Oregon. Niece and nephew are both deep in the commercial fishing business, so I went to take a virtual look.

Pacific Seafood, Newport, Oregon

Pacific Seafood is a big but not ginormous operation.

Ripley's Believe or Not, Newport, Oregon

Across the street we have this ginormous tree standing in front of Ripley's Believe or Not. You can see it on the left hand side of the top image.

Fishing Boats

Just down the street we have a fleet of fishing boats, as you would expect.

Google Maps Street View puts up icons which can distract from the the view. Move the mouse away (up or down off of the image and wait about ten seconds and the icons will disappear and you get a clear image.

Funnies





Monday, October 26, 2026

Funnies





10 Short Videos #6297

10 Short Videos #6297

  1. Why 3,800 MW of Data Centers Unplugged From the Grid at Once
  2. A Third of Global Energy Could Be Saved With Simple Engineering Fixes
  3. too cute tbh - Ducks versus snow
  4. Voyager 1 Is About to Be One Light-Day Away
  5. Dropping birth rates and technology
  6. Did Google just find infinite energy?
  7. The Tower Built On Wooden Boxes
  8. Vinyl isn’t just music — it’s craftsmanship.🪄
  9. Tower Beacon - Chris Boden
  10. When Guard Dog Means Business

Malmaison

Malmaison Birmingham UK

I'm reading A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith and on page 185 Grace and DuBois are in "a room at the Malmaison in the Mailbox, close to the center of Birmingham." Malmaison is a hotel chain in the UK. This one in Birmingham is in a converted Royal Mail sorting facility, hence The Mailbox.
 

The name Malmaison comes from the Château de Malmaison:
Formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, . . .  it was the headquarters of the French government from 1800 to 1802, and Napoleon's last residence in France at the end of the Hundred Days in 1815.

The French word mal means wrong, and maison means house, so malmaison is the 'wrong house'. Google's explanation for the origin of the name: 
The name is widely thought to stem from a hideout or base used by Norman raiders in the 9th and 13th centuries to launch attacks on the surrounding region.