Playa lighting
Trying to power an 18' yurt with a 300 watt power supply during 12 hours of night (the equinox is on the 22nd) can take some thought. Consider the issue of lighting for example. Stringing a strand of Christmas lights might seem like a reasonable way to light the dome. The C7 bulb however can consume 6 watts each. Even the incandescent mini-light consumes 0.48 watts. String 100 of those C7 lights together and you'll sucking up 600 watts in only one hour. You'll consume 48 watts with the mini-lights.
To get a perspective on what these numbers mean, consider the following. The C7 lights would consume the battery's power in half an hour while the mini-lights would consume the battery's power in 6 hours.
A couple companies are offering an alternative to incandescent Christmas lights: LED lights. These lights resemble the mini-lights but consume only 0.08 watts. A 100 bulb strand will consume 8 watts. That's one sixth the amount of power. To say it another way, the lights will take 6 times as long to consume the battery's power or 36 hours.
There is a power loss during the conversion from DC to AC. The process requires a device called an inverter. While the efficiency of inverters differ, the ones I've seen incur about a 10% power loss. For simplicity I haven't included that figure in the calculations but for reference, the times would be adjusted as follows. The C6 would last 0.5 hours, not 6. The mini-lights would last 5.5 hours, not 6. The LED lights would last 32 hours, not 36.
A company called Inirgee sells LED lights powered from DC. Using those lights would conserve the 10% power loss from the inverter.
Minor League Braves Manager Goes Crazy
Phillip Wellman, the minor league manager of the Mississippi Braves loses it and starts stealing the bases off the field.