Forgotten Genius

Nikolai Tesla
http://www.viewzone.com/tesla.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Nikolai Tesla Museum Belgrade most of his papers.
http://www.nikolatesla.hr/cpage.aspx?page=default.aspx&PageID=2

Missing Papers?

Death Ray

Wireless Power - Tesla Coil

over 1200 patents

Tesla was originally green.

Sooner, smarter, why did he not get credit.

A century ago Tesla knew fossil fuels were wasteful. Renewable energey patent on radiant energy (sun, cosmic rays) Geo thermal 1931 "Our future of power"

Tesla Motors 0-60 in 3.9 seconds with AC induction motor.

1893 Chicago World's Fair powered by his AC power invention. Edison won't allow TEsla to use his patented lightbulbs. He created a heatless bulb and powered the fair.

He's the reason we have A/C in our home's. Edison is the reason why they have A/C in electric chairs .


The Forgotten Genius

Get it Straight

Started the work day in Austin today moved through Blooming Prairie, over to Owatonna/Medford. Stopped in to the big shop over in Owatonna...man why can't they put ALL the hooks in 1 aisle? (HOF it was so easy coming over to your place and getting those Owner hooks. ) They didn't have any Sled Heads either. Looked around, watched the fish, found some of my favorite plastics clearanced to 88 cents . anyway now that I had something to fish with off to the river I went. First cast with a frog style plastic, and fish explodes to the top and crushes the bait... best 88 cents ever! Largie for sure right? Never fought one like this, fighting and reeling, finally get the fish closer to the bank and viola: Northern Pike. Sweet, just as i bend down, fish gets off. (I am fishing a plastic frog with a #4 gamu circle) I am amazed I even held the fish for the 3 minutes or so. about 30 more casts with 1 follow and nuttin. Back to work, (or maybe to store to buy a few more 88centers) Found a bridge, (work can wait) worked through nettles, and weeds taller than I to find the stream. first cast and dang horseflies, swatting at them while the lil frog is sinking, i get back to reeling , and what is this pressure on the line? fish on! this time a real nice smallmouth (16 or so) gets off after 30 seconds or so this happens about 4 more times, so i know I just don't have the right hook for the application I'm fishing. Shoulda left them bigger Owner's in the car no pics from today, but nothing landed. That is one fun little river to fish. canoe landings in a few places...would be worth a float IMO...if anyone wanted to try something new. Sometimes we find the hot bite simply because we have no other options...

I want more pics

Big fat bass on ol' mis'
Rare Warmouth (possible state record released)
Beautiful Pumpkinseed strain per DNR
Turtles on the 'Sippi
Lettin the big guy go

Austin's best brown

A good brown of mine
The biggest MN brown I have caught

Staying the course

Some days it's so hard to stay the course. Everyone I know has a different day off, sometimes it sucks to have an 8-5 Mon-Fri job. When all my buddies are on the water fishing...oh wo as me. Although my distinct advantage is being in outside sales, where I can roam around SE MN calling on businesses, and as long as quota is met, I have extreme flexibility. Some days I wonder "how did I come to this exact point in the vast universe?" Why am I here, right now today...shouldn't I have lived among the settlers? I could have hunted for ginseng when it was everywhere, could have fished the rivers and creeks when Ol' Miss' was vodka clear. Nope a job, mortgage, taxes, grass mowing, kids, car problems, waning bank balances due to expensive fossil fuels. I wish I was a farmer, working my land for myself, teaching the boys how to live from your own 'stead, and having the wife barefoot and prego in the kitchen...wait that part is true. I need a farm with a stream, and a pond. How can I ever stay the course and comlete my objectives?
Mowed the grass last night. Today bought 5 bags of .97 cent plastic baits at Gander got 5 bags free, bought some new hooks 5/0, 1/0 2/0 sleds, 3/0 wide gap reds. I'm going to wait on the big cat gear...I don't think i need to spend the cash on it. Gas went down to $3.79 threw a twen' in.

Midnight oil

Burned the midnight oil tonight, walked the 10 minutes down to our "family river" the boys adapted this saying from the great movie "A River Runs Through It." I truly do love that river. I love the sound of the water coming over the dam, as you get closer the sound intensifies, on this clear quiet night it sounded so loud, was there large amounts of water rolling over tonight? Had the rains form the thursday taken this long to gather force and get to this point? No, you just don't realize the sound during the day when the cars are driving, and kids are playing, and talking ,and all the commotion going on. It's good to slow down and have solitude. The sandbar, created this year after the massive flooding of 2007 and not so bad of 2008. I love that sandbar, the carp love that sandbar. I caught a 24-25" common there on yesterday. Tonight I'm blindly casting into the night with some help from the bridge lights. "What is that?" I wonder aloud. The answer known..crusing carp...reel in and perfect cast to the sandbar, he turns back and swims where i believe the crawler to be, then the telltale sign line going straight out up current, firm but gentle pressure with the small circle hook...and fish on! I have come to love thy carp...the best fighting fish pound for pound around here. What other fish can you find in so close to home that fights like a train, is 20"+ and weighs 5 pounds or more? None, simple.

Better Not

Today is Katie's bday...30 she threw me a dirty 30 party, and I didn't even pick her up a gift yet...I gotta get going, I kknow waht she wants, store isn't open yet. She deserves a party, but has to work 2nite. What am I to do? She is such a better wife than I am a husband.
I better not going fishing today. A party next saturday...she doesn't have to work that's a great idea, couple friends, fire up the grill, ice cold beer she won't drink, beer for the guests. I'm gonna do it. Have a lil party right here at home. Jeppers I need to mow the grass.

Wa BASH A

Love the river towns...find a bridge