Bill Luecke
@luecke.bsky.social
A trip to the attic to look for some data encoded on a tee shirt also uncovered this gem.
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A trip to the attic to look for some data encoded on a tee shirt also uncovered this gem.
Graphic demonstration of the depths of the financial crisis that the DC Metro is in: Monday 8:15pm on a westbound Orange Line train at Ballston—Iam the only person in the car.
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Graphic demonstration of the depths of the financial crisis that the DC Metro is in: Monday 8:15pm on a westbound Orange Line train at Ballston—Iam the only person in the car.
Deep dive into my thirty years of utility usage:
TL:DR. Electricity and gas are cheaper than they have ever been. Water is much more expensive. Few efficiencies exist to be wrung out further.
billluecke.blogspot.com/2025/07/util...
TL:DR. Electricity and gas are cheaper than they have ever been. Water is much more expensive. Few efficiencies exist to be wrung out further.
billluecke.blogspot.com/2025/07/util...
Utility Use Deep Dive
1. Introduction About five years ago, I noticed that our water bill seemed to be increasing beyond what I thought that the rate of inflation...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Deep dive into my thirty years of utility usage:
TL:DR. Electricity and gas are cheaper than they have ever been. Water is much more expensive. Few efficiencies exist to be wrung out further.
billluecke.blogspot.com/2025/07/util...
TL:DR. Electricity and gas are cheaper than they have ever been. Water is much more expensive. Few efficiencies exist to be wrung out further.
billluecke.blogspot.com/2025/07/util...
Mittens is in charge!
June 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Mittens is in charge!
I don't understand how he kept going after a competitor died.
I couldn't have done it.
I realized that I don't have the soul of a promoter--I never got comfortable with the level of risk and uncertainty. I spent most event days thinking I would throw up.
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I couldn't have done it.
I realized that I don't have the soul of a promoter--I never got comfortable with the level of risk and uncertainty. I spent most event days thinking I would throw up.
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
I Built a Successful Bike Racing Series. It Was No Joyride.
For 14 years Andrew Willis oversaw Austin’s Driveway Series, a weekly criterium race for amateur cyclists. The stress, financial pressure, and constant criticism upended his life.
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June 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I don't understand how he kept going after a competitor died.
I couldn't have done it.
I realized that I don't have the soul of a promoter--I never got comfortable with the level of risk and uncertainty. I spent most event days thinking I would throw up.
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
I couldn't have done it.
I realized that I don't have the soul of a promoter--I never got comfortable with the level of risk and uncertainty. I spent most event days thinking I would throw up.
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
At the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, a decommissioned zinc mine turned into a museum. Lots of fluorescent minerals.
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
At the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, a decommissioned zinc mine turned into a museum. Lots of fluorescent minerals.
Half a career of records boxed up and ready to put in the car. They will someday be the problem of the person who buys my house from the estate of my shriveled corpse.
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Half a career of records boxed up and ready to put in the car. They will someday be the problem of the person who buys my house from the estate of my shriveled corpse.
NIST Ceramics Division reunion lunch.
June 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NIST Ceramics Division reunion lunch.
Fun demonstration of some changes in the last four decades of bicycle racing. Adjusted for inflation, the cat 4 race, where I got 6th (and did not get $!) would have a $1400 prize list and a $14 entry fee.
May 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fun demonstration of some changes in the last four decades of bicycle racing. Adjusted for inflation, the cat 4 race, where I got 6th (and did not get $!) would have a $1400 prize list and a $14 entry fee.
Odometer of the beast!
May 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Odometer of the beast!
Lab tour at U of Toronto with my former colleague Jason Hattrick-Simpers and his graduate student Hongchen. I finally got to see the compression testing machine that they are automating!
May 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Lab tour at U of Toronto with my former colleague Jason Hattrick-Simpers and his graduate student Hongchen. I finally got to see the compression testing machine that they are automating!
Most of a career’s worth of photocopies to the white paper recycle bin.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Most of a career’s worth of photocopies to the white paper recycle bin.
Some things that i “would “ do. (Organizing some stuff from my old office at work) Look out dead men—I am here to regulate your sperm!
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Some things that i “would “ do. (Organizing some stuff from my old office at work) Look out dead men—I am here to regulate your sperm!
Bullygoat trail hike with extra toad action! So many toads gettin’ it on!
March 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bullygoat trail hike with extra toad action! So many toads gettin’ it on!
Lunch with my friend Mark Vaudin. I had to wait for a train!
March 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lunch with my friend Mark Vaudin. I had to wait for a train!
Der Kraw!
Gender role observation: while i was watching another dude pulled his car over to watch, and two women ran by and never even looked.
Gender role observation: while i was watching another dude pulled his car over to watch, and two women ran by and never even looked.
March 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Der Kraw!
Gender role observation: while i was watching another dude pulled his car over to watch, and two women ran by and never even looked.
Gender role observation: while i was watching another dude pulled his car over to watch, and two women ran by and never even looked.
X-rays are fascinating. Also, my teeth are a mess.
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
X-rays are fascinating. Also, my teeth are a mess.
Cthulhu Mythos meets Mike Tyson: “Everybody has a plan until they are confronted by a hideous, non-Euclidean bas relief.”
March 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Cthulhu Mythos meets Mike Tyson: “Everybody has a plan until they are confronted by a hideous, non-Euclidean bas relief.”
NCVC reunion of sorts at Hank Banta’s funeral.
When I joined NCVC in 1992, Hank was my hero. He was this impossibly old dude (who was younger than I am now) who could rip the legs off the beginners. Beyond his ability on the bike, he was always there to volunteer at events as well.
When I joined NCVC in 1992, Hank was my hero. He was this impossibly old dude (who was younger than I am now) who could rip the legs off the beginners. Beyond his ability on the bike, he was always there to volunteer at events as well.
March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
NCVC reunion of sorts at Hank Banta’s funeral.
When I joined NCVC in 1992, Hank was my hero. He was this impossibly old dude (who was younger than I am now) who could rip the legs off the beginners. Beyond his ability on the bike, he was always there to volunteer at events as well.
When I joined NCVC in 1992, Hank was my hero. He was this impossibly old dude (who was younger than I am now) who could rip the legs off the beginners. Beyond his ability on the bike, he was always there to volunteer at events as well.
Mittens says, “I can smell that mouse in the cold air return!”
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Mittens says, “I can smell that mouse in the cold air return!”
Poor Professor Muppet has to have dental work tomorrow:-(
March 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Poor Professor Muppet has to have dental work tomorrow:-(
Marinated burrito stumps: it’s what’s for lunch.
March 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Marinated burrito stumps: it’s what’s for lunch.
Why I retired. All day ride out to Poolesville followed by a delicious Cubano sandwich out in the sun. No pressure to “get back to work.”
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why I retired. All day ride out to Poolesville followed by a delicious Cubano sandwich out in the sun. No pressure to “get back to work.”