The kayak fishing here in the southwest desert may be a bit slow, but we have taken the opportunity to update the watermanatwork.com website. We have not updated the site for awhile, we will be doing so over the next couple weeks or so. If the fishing picks up, it may take longer… We’ve added … Read more
We are doing a bit of remodeling here at the watermanatwork.com World Headquarters. We’ve started off by adding a new category to the watermanatwork.com blog called WatermanAtWork Journal. It will be a running journal of some of our experiences as we travel around the United States and beyond in search of adventure. Not quite sure … Read more
As some of you already know, I was involved in a serious vehicle accident a short time ago. I was stopped for a road construction flagman when I was rear ended by a semi truck. I can’t go into more detail because of legal issues, but the photo below will tell you most of what … Read more
We are back in from the desert with new blog posts. Since we got the solar power system hooked up, we can stay out in the desert for quite a while. As long as the water lasts, we are out there looking for the winter desert fishing spots. Civilization is expensive and there is a … Read more
We needed a new laptop computer here at watermanatwork.com to do photo and video editing and we’ve described the shopping experience in a previous blog post. After the usual internet research we decided to take a chance on a company we’ve never heard of. The company was Eluktronics and they sold Clevo computers. The laptop … Read more
You may have noticed, it’s been a long time between blog posts. I’ve just gone through some things nobody should ever have to go through, but people probably do every day. It was a path that lead down memory lane that had happy times, along with memories that look different in hindsight. I criss-crossed the … Read more
In case you’re interested, this is what a 30,000 acre plus wildfire looks like Below the smoke is the nervous and mostly evacuated town of Cascade Locks. The white smoke usually means there is water on it because firefighters are trying to save the town, but up and over the hills there are still thousands … Read more
We’re only a hundred miles or so from the “path of total darkness” during the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse, so we got a pretty good look at it. It got darker and cooler and the skies were clear so we got a good view with our eclipse glasses. It was a pretty big event, … Read more
We got our new Canon PowerShot G9X and have spent a few days trying it out, here’s what we think so far. This camera is unbelievably small, which makes it very easy to take along on just about any adventure. Despite it’s small size, it packs a lot of features and functions, including full manual … Read more
Well, the honeymoon for the new Eluktronics N850HK1 is over pretty quickly as we have discovered that it has major overheating problems. The first video we rendered using the new Eluktronics N850HK1 laptop put the CPU temperature almost to the thermal cutoff of 100°C. Further checking showed the CPU running about 60°C at idle. These … Read more