Let’s work backwards… … and answer the last SRS Challenge first… you remember, the one about finding the largest US city with a very low population density!I’ll answer the previous Challenge (“rusty thing I found in the woods”) before…
As I mentioned last week, I’m in a place with very slow WiFi… … so it’s tricky to write up a detailed answer for you from last week. BUT a question came up in conversation about “what large US city has the lowest population density …
As often happens… All photos P/C Dan. July 8, 2022… I went for a run and spotted something remarkable hovering just behind the trees on the side of the road. This time, I was jogging down a quiet country road in eastern Pennsylvani…
An elephant in Delavan?Seeing THIS in a mid-sized Wisconsin town was a huge surprise, and prompted me to look for the reason. (As I’ve said before, the most common motivator for SRS Challenges is something that doesn’t quite fit in… …
I knew I’d be traveling this week, .. but I also foolishly thought I’d have more time that reality allows. You know how it is: your trip seems like it will be all perfect timing and a relaxing time, but then reality pours in new tasks …
I was driving through Delavan…… a smallish town in southwest Wisconsin, midway between Chicago and Madison. I drove past something so unexpected that I went around the block and parked just to be able to take this picture. To…
With my head in the clouds… … of gnats… I learned a few fascinating things by asking a few simple questions. As I mentioned, one of the defining features of being great at doing SearchResearch is having a deep curiosi…
At the beach I ran into a cloud of gnats… … and maybe you have as well. Annoying, amirite? One of the defining features of SRS is a deep curiosity about things that you find, or in this case, you stumble into while on walkabout.&nbs…
Patents don’t define a market… … but they’re a decent proxy for when a market comes into being. This week’s Challenge asks about finding the patent dates for two devices that are fairly clever, definitely deserving of patent protection.&…
I found the most remarkable machine… … just a few years ago. I’d gone to a farm auction in upstate New York where a longtime family in the area was getting rid of the old homestead and everything in it. If you’ve never been t…
Yep… I was in New Orleans… P/C Hitesh Choudhary… at a conference with just over 2,000 of my friends. It was a wonderful time, right up until the last day when I felt pretty sick (felt like a bad head cold + muscular soreness…
I have a wonderful video I want to recommend to you. It’s about what this mysterious circle of circles is… In this video from Vox, they explore the limits of what you can find by internet searching, and go beyond the limit when they …
This past week I was in New Orleans… P/C Hitesh Choudhary… that fabled city along a bend of the Mississippi, home to classic jazz, crawfish etouffee, po boy sandwiches, and a confluence of many cultures from around the world. &…
It’s true! This IS a picture of the University of North Carolina very actively watering an artificial turf. I took this pic one sunny afternoon not long before the field hockey team was about to take the field. Of cour…
I couldn’t believe my eyes! As a native Californian, I’m sensitive to water use and I’m drawn to extravagant displays of water. Waterfalls attract me, rivers and even creeks capture my attention. (And you know I love the sea.)&nb…