North Texas: Lines Are Out-The-Door At HEB — Four Days Before The Storm — And It’s Going To Be A Doozy — January 20, 2026

Locator: 49771ICESLEETSNOW. 

Blogging on hold. Snow alert.

Intel -- January 20, 2026

Locator: 49770INTEL.

Not ready for prime time. Not meant for general readership. For my benefit only.  

Updates

January 21, 2026: link here.

Original Post

Intel is occasionally tracked here. 

I believe Intel (INTC) reports 4Q25 earnings later this week, January 22, 2026.

In anticipation I spent some time with AI.

Link here. Update.

Link here. Update on Intel's Gaudi 3.

Link here. Intel's product links.

Spreadsheet:

Three New Permits -- January 20, 2026

Locator: 49769B. 

WTI: $60.34.

Active rigs: 28. 

Three new permits, #42654 - #42656, inclusive:

• Operator: Enerplus (2); Spotted Hawk.
• Fields: Little Knife (Dunn County); Van Hook (McLean):
• Comments:
• Spotted Hawk has a permit for a Grace well, NENW 18-150-91, 
• to be sited 507 FNL and 1366 FWL;
• Enerplus has permits for two Esther Federal wells, SESW 33-146-97, 
• to be sited 474 / 571 FSL and 2164 / 2147 FWL.

Apple iPhone Sales In China -- An Update -- January 20, 2026

Locator: 49768AAPL. 

Link here. 

Take a look at those numbers; those changes. Note: this came during a time when the Chinese government actively discouraged their citizens from buying Apple iPhones -- in some cases coming close to banning iPhone sales in China.

All That Talk About AI Being All Hype -- An Update -- January 20, 2026

Locator: 49767AI. 

Link here.