Self-tutoring about landscape shrubs: the tutor mentions boxwood. I’ve recently come upon the idea that some shrubs in the yard need gentle attention. Specifically, they may need some cutting back: they’ve been allowed to grow for many years, so have …
Self-tutoring about choosing a furnace filter: the tutor mentions filtration ratings. I mention in my post from September 20, 2025 about replacing an old furnace filter with a fresh new one. Besides physical dimensions, a furnace filter has another specification: …
Self-tutoring about WordPress: the tutor mentions a few ideas perhaps for a beginner or casual user. The following is based on my experience. WordPress has definitely evolved since I’ve been using it. Yet, like any good platform, it doesn’t insist …
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Self-tutoring about societal organization: the tutor mentions inclusive vs extractive in terms of institutions. Today I read an article mentioning that a certain country’s institutions are extractive; I’d not heard that terminology before. I decided to look it up. Politically …
Self-tutoring about home maintenance: the tutor mentions furnace filters. This time last month, furnace issues might not have been at the front of one’s mind. The summer was generally hot, with humidex even higher. Yet now, two days before the …
Self-tutoring about Internet surfing: the tutor mentions an error code he received. I clicked on a link to a website today and received a “502 Bad Gateway” error. What did it mean, I wondered, so decided to look it up. …
Self-tutoring about vocabulary: the tutor mentions a word he discovered. In my reading about soil nutrients I came across the word sorb. At first I wondered if it was intentional, but it seems so. Sorb, apparently, includes absorb and adsorb: …
Self-tutoring about reliable, elegant tools: the tutor mentions the idea of a water level. A water level is a long tube, almost totally filled with water, with clear spans of tubing at each end. The idea is that when one …
Self-tutoring about barbecue Btu ratings: the tutor mentions a sticking point. I read about how much heat a barbecue needs to produce to be effective: it’s widely agreed, it seems, to be around 80-100 Btu per square inch of cooking …
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Self-tutoring about the recent change of PM in France: the tutor mentions a comparison. François Bayrou, it seems, was recently voted from the post of Prime Minister in France. One might wonder the reason. Bayrou wanted to pass a budget …
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