by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 8, 2025 | Energy Rant
President Trump plans to remake the world economy, and he’s not going to flinch on the tariffs he leveled on “liberation day,” April 2, 2025. The man is resolute, noting for 40 years that the United States has been “ripped off” by nations...
by Jeff Ihnen | Oct 2, 2023 | Energy Rant
Last week, I presented some findings that artificial intelligence can churn out dozens of product ideas in a fraction of the time humans can deliver. The AI bots provide higher-ranking ideas, so long as the criteria are defined, and the bot stays in the box. I also...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 26, 2023 | Energy Rant
As a kid, I remember contemplating why we needed to learn math when we had pocket calculators. Lucky for me, the keyword is contemplating rather than complaining. Math was easy for me for longer than I can remember. My first memory was flash cards. My father, who...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 10, 2023 | Energy Rant
McDonald’s McNuggets I picked up an iPhone at the Verizon store for my mother last week as I visited her in Northwest Iowa. She’s wheelchair-bound with one good hand for daily functions such as eating. After the iPhone pickup, I decided to get some lunch for us at...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 9, 2020 | Energy Rant
For those of you who are not doctors or veterinarians for our beloved pets, have you ever been in an exam room when the technician brings in X-RAY results and posts them on the backlit thing and leaves you alone with them before the doctor arrives? I was in this...