What's Up With That? Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/whats-up-with-that/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:27:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg What's Up With That? Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/whats-up-with-that/ 32 32 38683869 Ford Motor Company’s $19.5 Billion EV Bust https://popupbackpacker.com/ford-motor-companys-19-5-billion-ev-bust/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:03:41 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=153088 What’s Up With That? In the news . . . From the Wall Street Journal (Dec 15 2025): Ford Motor said Monday it expected to take about $19.5 billion in charges, mainly tied to its electric-vehicle business, a massive hit as the automaker retrenches in the face of sinking EV demand. Ford, which has lost $13 … Continue reading Ford Motor Company’s $19.5 Billion EV Bust →

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]]> 153088 Should You Turn Your Hobby Into a Side Business? https://popupbackpacker.com/should-you-turn-your-hobby-into-a-side-business/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:17:37 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151665 What’s Up With That? For all of my adult life I have owned telescopes and enjoyed astronomy as a hobby. Five years ago, with the advent of affordable specialized astrophotography cameras, I began taking pictures of deep sky objects. I now have hundreds of completed images. When I share these pictures with friends and family, … Continue reading Should You Turn Your Hobby Into a Side Business? →

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]]> 151665 Six Moons Design Deschutes CF: My “GoTo” Shelter https://popupbackpacker.com/six-moons-design-deschutes-cf-my-goto-shelter/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:01:04 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151517 What’s Up With That? Let me confuse you. In 2018 I wrote this article, If I Could Have Only One Shelter it Would be a MLD TrailStar. Yesterday I wrote a post stating TarpTent Scarp 1: My Favorite Shelter of All Time. Today I am stating that my go to shelter is neither the TrailStar, nor the … Continue reading Six Moons Design Deschutes CF: My “GoTo” Shelter →

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]]> 151517 I hate Barney!! https://popupbackpacker.com/i-hate-barney/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:52:23 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151403 Hate Speech: What’s Up With That? Hate I’ve hated Barney and what he stood for ever since he first appeared on television in 1992 on the show Barney and Friends. My kids, who were 5 and 7 at the time, loved him. Worse than that, they were constantly singing the Barney song, I love you, you … Continue reading I hate Barney!! →

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]]> 151403 In Defense of Freedom (Units) part 2 https://popupbackpacker.com/in-defense-of-freedom-units-part-2/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:28:22 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151106 What’s Up With That? Yesterday I wrote about Freedom Units — what it is (joke about the American measurement system) — and how to defend its use. The conclusion being, it really can’t be defended other than tradition and familiarity. If I can’t really defend it, I thought perhaps AI, or specifically ChatGPT, could make … Continue reading In Defense of Freedom (Units) part 2 →

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