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Reasons For Optimism – February 2022

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

Feeling a bit down? Feeling like that question is an example of massive understatement? Welcome to the modern world (as of February 4, 2022, evening, US West Coast time). You’re not alone, or maybe it’s just me and I’m alone. … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea – Floating Car Barge

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they already exist. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. Maybe I don’t have the time, money, and resources to patent them, or develop them, or both. At least by … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts in 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

I find each year’s popular posts list an interesting exercise. As an investor, it provides hints about what people, in particular other investors, are researching. As a writer, the list provides great feedback about what may bring people back. As … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea Passive Pump Flipped

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Tom Trimbath

Take that idea and flip it around. Thomas Edison (an inventor with a great first name) wasn’t the first inventor to find a way to record sounds. He was, however, the first one to find a way to play them … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea – Dockside Tidal Power

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas come along that might be worth a lot or a little; and some should be launched into the world because they may be needed now and shouldn’t wait for me to develop them fully. Sometimes, ideas have to … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea – Creepy Crawly Barrier

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they already exist. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. As I type this, my neighborhood is experiencing our local version of biblical locusts. Our current scourge? Tent caterpillars. Tent … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea For Sale Sign Holder

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Tom Trimbath

  Really? I’ve got to be the one to think these things up? I’ve designed a sign holder that is less likely to attract bugs and is less likely to expose the paper inside to rain. My design is very … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea Passive Pump

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they already exist. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. The Passive Pump is a one-way valve extended down to the nanometer level. A small flap constrained to only allow … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea Dancers Metronome

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. There must be some dance instructor, maybe all of them, that eventually tires of saying the same thing repeatedly whether it is 1-2-3, 1-2-3; … Continue reading →

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Fresh Idea Electric Woodstove

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. An electric woodstove. This fresh idea is actually from a few years ago, but last night’s threat of snow encouraged me to write it … Continue reading →

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