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About Me — Todd Nelson

Trying to see the big picture by digging into the details of the past. Also, bikes, because they can save the world.

Feb 4, 2021

About Me — Todd Nelson

Feb 4, 2021

Original Founders of Linear Technology

Are we going to actually start a company, or are we just going to drink beer and shoot pool?

Oct 13, 2022

Original Founders of Linear Technology

Oct 13, 2022

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Lessons from History

The Complex Legacy of General William R Shafter

A military hero, a good disciplinarian but Shafter also initiated the court-martial of the first Black graduate of West Point.

Mar 8, 2022

The Complex Legacy of General William R Shafter

Mar 8, 2022

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Lessons from History

Tangled Web at Ends of the Shafter Dynasty (part 3)

The relationship between Emma Shafter and her estranged husband, Charles Webb Howard, ended in a battle for his estate.

Feb 24, 2022

Tangled Web at Ends of the Shafter Dynasty (part 3)

Feb 24, 2022

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Lessons from History

The Obscure Shafter Dynasty (part 1)

Shafter may not ring like Vanderbilt or Kennedy but the family was a dynasty. A war hero, judges, legislators, a president.

Feb 23, 2022

The Obscure Shafter Dynasty (part 1)

Feb 23, 2022

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Lessons from History

Humble Beginnings of the Shafter Dynasty (part 2)

The first people named Shafter, James and Molly, were orphans. This story is based on recollections from Judge William Shafter 1857.

Feb 23, 2022

Humble Beginnings of the Shafter Dynasty (part 2)

Feb 23, 2022

40 Years Ago — Linear Technology Corporation

The founders of LTC made bold predictions in 1981. How do those predictions look in hindsight?

Sep 2, 2021

40 Years Ago — Linear Technology Corporation

Sep 2, 2021

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Lessons from History

Who Moved the Lake? An Inconvenient Tulare

A lake that once sustained the local population is gone. It was ill-suited to a growing state and the solution is too. Now what?

Aug 28, 2021

Who Moved the Lake? An Inconvenient Tulare

Aug 28, 2021

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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Drop in the Bucket

Can sunscreen really destroy the planet?

May 21, 2021

Drop in the Bucket

May 21, 2021

Environmental Catastrophe Off the Northern California Coast

Over 95% of the kelp forest along the Northern California coast has disappeared.

Apr 23, 2021

Environmental Catastrophe Off the Northern California Coast

Apr 23, 2021

Todd Nelson

Todd Nelson

Engineer, sustainability, indigenous history, analog electronics history and anything that supports my belief that bikes can save the world.

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