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Sunday greetings everyone and happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in Canada!

I'm happy to update you on the frying pan bird bath. After siliconing some rubber grips made from old bike tires to the bottom of the frying pan, filling it with water, and putting it out on Friday, less than twenty-four hours later a Robin was seen using it. I still haven't caught a picture of any birds there, so that's still to come, but I was pretty tickled that it worked so quickly.

Today's video share is a five minute time lapse built from one photo taken at noon, every day, from the same fixed camera. I'm impressed that this guy took a picture at noon every day for twenty years.
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~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Around here at Cybersalt World Headquarters, we've been having incredible fall weather. I'm sure it's partly because of El Niño, but we've had clear skies and the sun has been very warm. I had a nice time sitting on my deck drinking some tea after a heavy duty meeting with someone, and then just enjoyed getting some work done sitting in the sun. Although because it is still October, as soon as the sun set it got cold fast.

Today's video share is a robot company retiring one version of their robot as a new model comes out. Not only do I think this is a really cool video and a cool way to do that, I also think it's a great way to help us reflect on our views of robots and maybe even AI — because I did feel some emotions as I watched it. I know these are just batteries and metal and circuits, and yet seeing something with so much human form and so much "human" in quotes still tugged at my heart. A surprise appearance by someone who is very associated with robots in the movies adds a fun little twist as well.
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~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

Grandma Cybersalt and I have been slowly adding things to our garden — plants, knickknacks, and decorations — ever since we converted our front lawn into a turnaround area for cars with a garden around it. For three or four months now I've been looking for something that would work as a bird bath that could sit on top of that decorative concrete pillar we have.

This week I finally found something that spoke to me. A big huge orange frying pan that I got for four dollars at the thrift store. Those of you who know me know that my favorite color is orange. When I saw it, I thought it would just be so funny to see birds hopping in and out of a frying pan.

I need to attach some rubber underneath it so that it doesn't spin or move around when avian visitors land or take off. When I get a picture of a bird in it, I'll share it here. And if you think that's a really strange choice, I want to thank you. That's part of the reason why I did it.

Today's video share is an interesting reminder that nothing is forever. Even five hundred year old arches have a season.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday - and welcome to October!

One of the interesting side effects of having time away from work is that when you come back, you have a lot of work that takes your time away. But I'm slowly catching up here at Cybersalt World Headquarters and working on some new routines. I'm grateful that artificial intelligence is helping me manage the load quite effectively.

Today's video share comes from a stunt show in Moncton, where a General Lee tribute 1969 Dodge Charger takes a run at a jump. The fellow who posted it called it "How to pancake a 1969 Charger" — which tells you most of what you need to know.

When I first watched this video, I was pretty upset that they were wrecking another Dodge Charger, because there are fewer and fewer of those around. Then I learned from the comments that these are actually newer Crown Vics, former police cars I suspect, with panels welded on to make them look like a Charger. So after all of that, I think I probably feel a lot better than the guy in the car.

I also learned that instead of sitting in a seat, the driver is in some kind of "basket" that's suspended so he doesn't wreck his back. Still not a ride I'd want to take.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim