: About Me

BSEE USC before OJ, couldn't write a word until 1982. Then wrote a 5000 word article on Uninterruptible Power Supplies for Digital Design Magazine in less than 2 weeks from start of research to submittal. Wrote most of it on the plane coming back from Grandma's house in Dutton Montana. While there for a week had dozens of companies Fedexing their product data to me.

Since then wrote highly technical articles for Avant! IC design software company, TechnoConcepts on Software Radio, Computer Power Products on rotary power conditioners, Christie Electric on NI-Cad battery chargers, and Invisco on webcam software operating manual.

My passion is ...

No topic is too complicated, no deadline too tight.

I know too much about ...

very little

My parents always told me ...

buy a house

My childhood ambition ...

play in the park

My favorite memory ...

overhead surf, Manhattan Beach, 1982. Got tubed....

Why I write ...

Love to see all the ideas that spring from nowhere.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

nothing right now. typing into a laptop

My first job ...

taking out the trash to the incinerator at 88th and Ruthelen, Los Angles

My best moment ...

The day I married Darlene.

My inspiration ...

Darlene

Home & Garden > Home Repair (Other) Testing your home for radon

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Radon is a gas produced when the radioactive element, radium, decays. Radon causes an estimated 14,000 lung cancer deaths each year. You cannot see or smell radon. If radon is present in the earth around your home, it may enter your home from the earth through cracks and openings in the foundation, floors and walls. If you are concerned about radon in or around your home, there are several steps you can take to determine the presence of radon and the amount of radon in any given volume of air. First, check with your local government or state government to see if they have data on radon mea...

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